Suramin for treatment of adrenocortical carcinoma.

نویسندگان

  • B Allolio
  • M Reincke
  • W Arlt
  • U Deuss
  • W Winkelmann
  • L Siekmann
چکیده

respond to metoclopramide, domperidone, ranitidine, amantadine, levodopa, carbamazepine, clonidine, prazosin, haloperidol, methysergide, or metoprolol. He improved slightly with the application of scopolamine patches, which had to be stopped because of side-effects. Intramuscular chlorpromazine (25 mg) would sometimes prevent attacks for up to a week. He was prescribed baclofen 10 mg, three times daily, after which his hiccups ceased for five days. When they recurred, baclofen dose was increased to 20 mg three times daily which has been successful, with only an occasional solitary hiccup. When he ran out of tablets for

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Lancet

دوره 2 8657  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1989