Alpha-2-Delta Ligands for Singultus (Hiccup) Treatment: Three Case Reports

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 756-760

  Jatzko, Alexander ^a   Stegmeier Petroianu, Anka ^a   Petroianu, Georg A ^a  

^a Westpfalz Klinikum GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

alpha 2 delta; gabapentin; hiccup treatment; pregabalin; Singultus

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; AMIODARONE; ATORVASTATIN; BACLOFEN; CARVEDILOL; DIGITOXIN; FUROSEMIDE; GABAPENTIN; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; LEVODOPA; LISINOPRIL; METOCLOPRAMIDE; OMEPRAZOLE; PHENPROCOUMON; PREGABALIN; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; TRIFLUPROMAZINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HICCUP; HUMAN; MALE;

AGED; AMINES; ANTICONVULSANTS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HICCUP; HUMANS; LIGANDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 34249006023     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2006.09.026     Document Type: Article

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