Efficacy of tricyclic antidepressant therapy in adults with cyclic vomiting syndrome: A two-year follow-up study

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 18-21

  Hejazi, Reza A ^a   Reddymasu, Savio C ^a   Namin, Farid ^a   Lavenbarg, Teri ^a   Foran, Pernilla ^a   McCallum, Richard W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclic vomiting syndrome; Tricyclic antidepressant agents; Vomiting

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; CARNITINE; DOXEPIN; ETIRACETAM; NORTRIPTYLINE; PROPRANOLOL; TOPIRAMATE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; UBIDECARENONE;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; CYCLIC VOMITING SYNDROME; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HALLUCINATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; ONSET AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMNOLENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING; XEROSTOMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYNDROME; TIME FACTORS; VOMITING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75149171942     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCG.0b013e3181ac6489     Document Type: Article

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