Anne: Here follows a MEDLINE search of the literature on treatment of
intractable hiccups. The last articles (both the same) deal
specifically with the treatment of hiccups in Parkinson's Disease, and
the drug of choice appears to be Metoclopramide (Reglan). Hope this is
helpful.
 
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08999191 94314191
  Neuroleptic drug use in nonpsychiatric departments of a Dutch
university
hospital.
  Zitman FG; Pennings TM; Raes DC; Hekster YA
  Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Nijmegen, The
Netherlands.
  Gen Hosp Psychiatry (UNITED STATES) Jan 1994, 16 (1)
p32-7, ISSN
0163-8343 Journal Code: FNK
  Languages: ENGLISH
  Document type: JOURNAL ARTICLE
  JOURNAL ANNOUNCEMENT: 9410
  Subfile: INDEX MEDICUS
  During a 1-year period, neuroleptic drug utilization was
assessed in
nonpsychiatric departments of a Dutch university hospital in
defined daily
doses (DDD), DDD per 100 patients and per 100 bed days.
Substantial
divergence was found among the nonpsychiatric departments with
respect to
the quantity as well as the types of neuroleptic used, but
there was no
relationship between psychiatric consultations and
neuroleptic use. In
semistructured interviews, the senior consultant at each
department stated
that neuroleptics were used not only for the treatment
of behavior
disorders but also for nonpsychiatric indications, such as
pain, nausea,
and hiccups. In addition, specific neuroleptics were
considered to be
appropriate for the treatment of specific indications, but
the doses
anticipated to be effective were in many cases well below the
DDDs. It is
concluded that substantial quantities of neuroleptics are
prescribed for
nonpsychiatric use. This is remarkable, because very little is
known about
nonpsychiatric indications and the effects of neuroleptics,
including the
unwanted side effects, in patients who are somatically ill.
  Tags: Comparative Study; Human
  Descriptors: *Cross-Cultural Comparison; *Patient Care
Team--Statistical
and Numerical Data--SN; *Prescriptions, Drug--Statistical and
Numerical
Data--SN; *Tranquilizing Agents, Major--Therapeutic
Use--TU; Drug
Utilization--Trends--TD; Hospitals, University;
Netherlands--Epidemiology
--EP; Specialties, Medical--Statistical and Numerical
Data--SN;
Tranquilizing Agents, Major--Adverse Effects--AE
  CAS Registry No.: 0 (Tranquilizing Agents, Major)
 
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08910097 94225097
  [Chronic hiccups]
  Le hoquet chronique.
  Cabane J; Desmet V; Derenne JP; Similowski T; Launois S; Bizec
JL; Orcel
B
  Service de Medecine Interne (Pr J. C. IMBERT), Hopital
Saint-Antoine,
Paris.
  Rev Med Interne (FRANCE) Nov 1992, 13 (6) p454-9, ISSN
0248-8663
Journal Code: SGJ
  Languages: FRENCH Summary Languages: ENGLISH
  Document type: JOURNAL ARTICLE English Abstract
  JOURNAL ANNOUNCEMENT: 9408
  Subfile: INDEX MEDICUS
  We report 18 cases of chronic hiccup (defined as lasting for
more than 48
hours) in adults. Among the numerous possible causes, reflux
esophagitis
proved to be by far the most frequent (50% of the cases).
However, hiccup
often initiated a self-perpetuating vicious circle. This
is possibly
because hiccup per se can give esophageal dyskinesia, which in
turn leads
to gastro-esophageal reflux. The treatment was difficult
and whenever
possible has been directed chiefly towards the cause.
However hiccup
remained intractable in many cases even after a possible
cause had been
adequately cured (e.g., successful Nissen procedure in
reflux cases).
Central nervous system depressants and myorelaxing drugs
were not very
helpful, except for baclofen (initial response rate = 60%).
  Tags: Case Report; Female; Human; Male
  Descriptors: *Hiccup--Epidemiology--EP;
*Hiccup--Etiology--ET; Adult;
Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Baclofen--Therapeutic Use--TU;
Chronic Disease;
Esophagitis, Peptic--Complications--CO; Esophagitis,
Peptic--Epidemiology
--EP; Esophagitis, Peptic--Surgery--SU;
Hiccup--Diagnosis--DI; Hiccup
--Physiopathology--PP; Hiccup--Therapy--TH; Middle Age;
Prospective
Studies; Remission, Spontaneous; Risk Factors; Treatment Outcome
  CAS Registry No.: 1134-47-0 (Baclofen)
 
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  Persistent postoperative hiccups: a review.
  Hansen BJ; Rosenberg J
  Department of Surgical Gastroenterology, Hvidovre University
Hospital,
Denmark.
  Acta Anaesthesiol Scand (DENMARK) Oct 1993, 37 (7)
p643-6, ISSN
0001-5172 Journal Code: 08O
  Languages: ENGLISH
  Document type: JOURNAL ARTICLE; REVIEW; REVIEW, TUTORIAL
  JOURNAL ANNOUNCEMENT: 9403
  Subfile: INDEX MEDICUS
  The pathogenesis of persistent postoperative hiccups is
not known.
Hiccups can present as a symptom of a subphrenic abscess
of gastric
distention, and metabolic alterations may also cause hiccups.
The hiccups
may develop because of increased activity in neural reflex
pathways not yet
fully defined. Numerous treatment modalities have been
tried but with
questionable success. Valproate has proven effective in
two trials
investigating persistent non-surgical hiccups. The simple
application of a
nasogastric tube may successfully treat the hiccups, possibly
because of an
alteration of the activity in the reflex neural pathways
involved. The
available literature on the treatment of persistent hiccups is
reviewed,
and a treatment protocol for persistent postoperative hiccups is
provided.
(24 Refs.)
  Tags: Human
  Descriptors: *Hiccup--Etiology--ET; *Hiccup--Therapy--TH;
*Postoperative
Complications; Time Factors
 
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  Intractable hiccups: treatment by microvascular
decompression of the
vagus nerve. Case Report.
  Johnson DL
  Division of Neurosurgery, Children's Hospital, Penn State
University
School of Medicine, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center,
 Hershey,
Pennsylvania.
  J Neurosurg (UNITED STATES) May 1993, 78 (5) p813-6, ISSN
0022-3085
Journal Code: JD3
  Languages: ENGLISH
  Document type: JOURNAL ARTICLE
  JOURNAL ANNOUNCEMENT: 9307
  Subfile: AIM; INDEX MEDICUS
  Idiopathic hiccups are usually managed with pharyngeal
stimulation or a
plethora of pharmacological agents. Hiccups that persist
and prove
intractable to these medical measures are treated by crush or
ablation of
the phrenic nerve, which denervates the major respiratory
muscle. This is
the first reported case of nondestructive microvascular
decompression of
the vagus nerve for the treatment of intractable idiopathic
hiccups. The
success of microvascular decompression has been documented
with other
conditions, such as trigeminal neuralgia and hemifacial
spasm, that are
characterized by hyperactive dysfunctional neurovascular contact.
The vagus
nerve was separated from the posterior inferior cerebellar
artery by
inserting a Teflon pledget between the nerve and vessel which
eliminated
the neurovascular contact. One year after the initial surgery,
the hiccups
recurred. The Teflon pledget had fallen out of place and the
nerve was once
again in contact with the artery. Once the contact was
eliminated by
wrapping the artery with a tuft of Teflon, the hiccups stopped.
The patient
has remained free of hiccups for 3 years. It is concluded
that patients
with intractable idiopathic hiccups who fail medical therapy
should be
considered for microvascular decompression of the vagus nerve.
  Tags: Case Report; Female; Human
  Descriptors: *Hiccup--Surgery--SU; *Vagus Nerve--Surgery--SU;
Adolescence
; Arteries--Abnormalities--AB; Cerebellum--Blood
Supply--BS; Hiccup
--Etiology--ET; Microsurgery
 
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  [Stopping persistent hiccups in the adult by endoscopic
maneuver]
  Arret du hoquet persistant de l'adulte par manoeuvres
endoscopiques.
  Beda BY; Niamkey EK; Ouattara D; Diallo AD; Adom AH; Djakoure
S; Yoboue L
; Yangni-Angate Y; Kadjo K; Toutou T; et al
  Service de medecine interne, CHU de Treichville, Abidjan
Cote-d'Ivoire.
  Ann Gastroenterol Hepatol (Paris) (FRANCE) Jan-Feb 1993, 29
(1) p11-3,
ISSN 0066-2070 Journal Code: 55A
  Languages: FRENCH Summary Languages: ENGLISH
  Document type: JOURNAL ARTICLE English Abstract
  JOURNAL ANNOUNCEMENT: 9306
  Subfile: INDEX MEDICUS
  Thirty-four patients with persistent hiccups (median
duration 10 days)
were treated by gentle endoscopic massage of the region of
the cardia.
Hiccups stopped in all cases. Its early recurrence in one
patient only
required a second massage, which was also effective. This simple
technique
is recommended for the treatment of persistent hiccups.
  Tags: Female; Human; Male
  Descriptors: *Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal--Methods--MT;
*Hiccup--Therapy
--TH; *Massage--Methods--MT; Adolescence; Adult; Aged;
Chronic Disease;
Cote d'Ivoire--Epidemiology--EP; Endoscopy,
Gastrointestinal--Standards--ST
; Hiccup--Epidemiology--EP; Hiccup--Etiology--ET;
Hospitalization
--Statistical and Numerical Data--SN; Hospitals,
University; Massage
--Standards--ST; Middle Age; Recurrence; Time Factors
 
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  Hiccups. A case presentation and etiologic review.
  Loft LM; Ward RF
  Department of Otolaryngology, Head, and Neck Surgery, Manhattan
Eye, Ear,
and Throat Hospital, New York, NY 10021.
  Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg (UNITED STATES) Oct 1992,
 118 (10)
p1115-9, ISSN 0886-4470 Journal Code: ALQ
  Languages: ENGLISH
  Document type: JOURNAL ARTICLE; REVIEW; REVIEW, TUTORIAL
  JOURNAL ANNOUNCEMENT: 9301
  Subfile: AIM; INDEX MEDICUS
  Hiccups (singultus) usually present as a common annoyance
lasting for
short periods. Rarely, they may be the harbinger of a serious
disease. We
present the case of a 19-year-old man in which intractable
hiccups was the
first and most prominent symptom of a serious underlying
neurologic
disorder. The patient had been examined by his pediatrician,
and despite
multiple medical regiments and physical maneuvers, his symptoms
persisted.
A thorough head and neck examination revealed a right-sided
vocal cord
paralysis. This finding prompted obtaining a magnetic
resonance imaging
scan, which demonstrated a type I Arnold-Chiari malformation
associated
with a large cervicothoracic syringomyelia. The patient was
referred to the
neurosurgical service and subsequently underwent a
ventriculoperitoneal
shunt placement. There was considerable initial
improvement in his
neurologic status and cessation of the hiccups. However,
the symptoms
recurred within 1 month. The case report as well as a brief
review of the
relevant pathophysiologic and etiologic considerations
and several
treatment modalities for hiccups is presented. (36 Refs.)
  Tags: Case Report; Human; Male
  Descriptors: *Hiccup; Adult; Hiccup--Etiology--ET;
   Hiccup
--Physiopathology--PP; Hiccup--Therapy--TH
 
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  High-frequency diaphragmatic flutter: symptoms and
treatment by
carbamazepine.
  Vantrappen G; Decramer M; Harlet R
  Department of Medicine, University Hospital of Leuven, Belgium.
  Lancet (ENGLAND) Feb 1 1992, 339 (8788) p265-7, ISSN
0023-7507
Journal Code: L0S
  Languages: ENGLISH
  Document type: JOURNAL ARTICLE
  JOURNAL ANNOUNCEMENT: 9204
  Subfile: AIM; INDEX MEDICUS
  Classic diaphragmatic flutter, a rare disorder associated with
dyspnoea,
thoracic or abdominal wall pain, and epigastric pulsations, is
caused by
involuntary contractions of the diaphragm with a frequency of
0.5-8.0 Hz.
We have seen three patients with diaphragmatic flutter of higher
frequency
not associated with respiratory disease. The patients
presented with
longstanding oesophageal belching, hiccups, and retching,
respectively. The
diagnosis was established by the presence on
electromyography of the
diaphragm and scalene and parasternal intercostal muscles of
repetitive
discharges of 9-15 Hz. Spirographic tracings, especially those of
volume or
flow vs time, showed similar high-frequency oscillations
superimposed on
tidal respiratory movements. Treatment with carbamazepine
200-400 mg three
times daily led to disappearance or great improvement of
flutter and
clinical symptoms in all three patients. The phenomenon was
not seen in
other patients with chronic hiccups or oesophageal belching or
in patients
without these symptoms who had undergone electromyography or
spirography
for other reasons. Thus, high-frequency diaphragmatic flutter
seems to be a
new disease entity. The response to carbamazepine, which
suggests that the
flutter causes the symptoms, requires further study.
  Tags: Case Report; Female; Human; Male
  Descriptors: *Carbamazepine--Therapeutic Use--TU; *Diaphragm;
*Muscular
Diseases--Drug Therapy--DT; Adult; Aged;
Carbamazepine--Administration and
Dosage--AD; Drug Administration Schedule;
Electromyography--Methods--MT;
Eructation--Drug Therapy--DT; Eructation--Etiology--ET;
Hiccup --Drug
Therapy--DT; Hiccup--Etiology--ET; Intestinal
Pseudo-Obstruction --Drug
Therapy--DT; Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction--Etiology--ET;
Middle Age;
Muscle Contraction--Drug Effects--DE; Muscular
Diseases--Physiopathology
--PP
  CAS Registry No.: 298-46-4 (Carbamazepine)
 
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  Treatment of persistent hiccups [letter]
  Grant JA; Steiner EM; Johnson RH
  J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry (ENGLAND) May 1991, 54 (5)
p468, ISSN
0022-3050 Journal Code: JBB
  Languages: ENGLISH
  Document type: LETTER
  JOURNAL ANNOUNCEMENT: 9111
  Subfile: INDEX MEDICUS
  Tags: Case Report; Human
  Descriptors: *Baclofen--Therapeutic Use--TU; *Hiccup--Drug
Therapy--DT;
Aged; Baclofen--Administration and Dosage--AD; Dose-Response
Relationship,
Drug; Drug Administration Schedule; Middle Age
  CAS Registry No.: 1134-47-0 (Baclofen)
 
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  Hiccups (singultus): review and approach to management.
  Kolodzik PW; Eilers MA
  Department of Emergency Medicine, Wright State University
School of
Medicine, Dayton, Ohio 45401-0927.
  Ann Emerg Med (UNITED STATES) May 1991, 20 (5)
p565-73, ISSN
0196-0644 Journal Code: 4Z7
  Languages: ENGLISH
  Document type: JOURNAL ARTICLE; REVIEW; REVIEW, TUTORIAL
  JOURNAL ANNOUNCEMENT: 9108
  Subfile: AIM; INDEX MEDICUS
  Hiccups are a common, and fortunately usually transient,
benign malady.
Occasionally, however, hiccups fail to resolve spontaneously,
resulting in
patient fatigue and incapacitation and the need for the affected
individual
to seek medical care for resolution of the problem. The
approach to the
management of these patients consists of the identification and
treatment
of serious underlying causes of the episode as well as
therapeutic
interventions to achieve hiccup resolution. (113 Refs.)
  Tags: Female; Human; Male
  Descriptors: *Hiccup; Hiccup--Physiopathology--PP;
Hiccup--Therapy--TH
 
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  Persistent periodic hiccups following brain abscess: a case
report.
  Jansen PH; Joosten EM; Vingerhoets HM
  Institute of Neurology, St Radboud Hospital, Catholic
University of
Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
  J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry (ENGLAND) Jan 1990, 53 (1)
p83-4, ISSN
0022-3050 Journal Code: JBB
  Languages: ENGLISH
  Document type: JOURNAL ARTICLE
  JOURNAL ANNOUNCEMENT: 9005
  Subfile: INDEX MEDICUS
  A case is reported of a patient with periodic persistent
hiccups and
secondary generalised epilepsy lasting for a period of five years
following
a right temporal brain abscess. The recurring episodes of hiccups
had a ten
day rhythmicity and unlike epileptic convulsions were
unresponsive to
treatment.
  Tags: Case Report; Human; Male
  Descriptors: *Brain Abscess--Complications--CO;
*Hiccup--Etiology--ET;
*Meningitis, Pneumococcal--Complications--CO; Adult; Brain
  Abscess
--Diagnosis--DI; Brain Concussion--Complications--CO;
Electroencephalograph
y; Follow-Up Studies; Frontal Lobe--Pathology--PA; Magnetic
Resonance
Imaging; Meningitis, Pneumococcal--Diagnosis--DI;
Recurrence; Skull
Fractures--Complications--CO; Temporal Lobe--Pathology--PA
 
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  Possible role of autonomic afferents in treatment of
postoperative
hiccups [letter]
  Rosenberg J; Hansen B
  Lancet (ENGLAND) Oct 7 1989, 2 (8667) p873, ISSN 0023-7507
Journal Code: L0S
  Languages: ENGLISH
  Document type: LETTER
  JOURNAL ANNOUNCEMENT: 9001
  Subfile: AIM; INDEX MEDICUS
  Tags: Case Report; Human; Male
  Descriptors: *Afferent Pathways--Physiopathology--PP;
*Autonomic Nervous
System--Physiopathology--PP; *Cholecystectomy--Adverse
Effects--AE; *Hiccup
--Therapy--TH; Adult; Hiccup--Physiopathology--PP;
Intubation,
Gastrointestinal
 
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  Interactional treatment of intractable hiccups.
  Bobele M
  Department of Human Development and Family Studies,
College of Home
Economics, Texas Tech University, Lubbock 79409.
  Fam Process (UNITED STATES) Jun 1989, 28 (2) p191-206, ISSN
0014-7370
Journal Code: ESA
  Languages: ENGLISH
  Document type: JOURNAL ARTICLE
  JOURNAL ANNOUNCEMENT: 8909
  Subfile: INDEX MEDICUS
  This article provides a comprehensive review of the literature
regarding
nonmedical approaches to the understanding and treatment of
intractable
hiccups. The author provides a rationale for an
interactional view and
presents a case in which post-surgical hiccups were
successfully treated,
using principles developed by the Mental Research Institute. Of
particular
interest is the manner in which the therapist managed a
system that
included the victim's wife, a physician, and other medical
personnel who
were all trying to eliminate the hiccups. Interventions
were designed
primarily to alter meanings attributed to the hiccups
and, thus, to
intervene in the system that was maintaining the problem. This
article is
presented as a response to Weakland's call for research and
practice in
family somatics.
  Tags: Case Report; Human; Male
  Descriptors: *Conversion Disorder--Psychology--PX; *Family
 Therapy;
*Hiccup--Psychology--PX; Adult; Conversion
Disorder--Therapy--TH; Family;
Hiccup--Therapy--TH
 
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  Chronic hiccups.
  Lipsky MS
  Am Fam Physician (UNITED STATES) Nov 1986, 34 (5)
p173-7, ISSN
0002-838X Journal Code: 3BT
  Languages: ENGLISH
  Document type: JOURNAL ARTICLE
  JOURNAL ANNOUNCEMENT: 8702
  Subfile: AIM; INDEX MEDICUS
  Patients with chronic hiccups should be carefully
examined for an
underlying disorder while receiving symptomatic treatment.
Treatment
includes physical maneuvers, drugs such as chlorpromazine,
metoclopramide,
anticonvulsants or quinidine, and other, less tested
modalities such as
hypnosis. Only those patients with disabling hiccups that do not
respond to
conservative treatment should be considered for phrenic nerve
surgery.
  Tags: Case Report; Female; Human; Male
  Descriptors: *Hiccup--Etiology--ET; Adult;
Anticonvulsants--Therapeutic
Use--TU; Central Nervous System
Diseases--Complications--CO; Chronic
Disease; Diabetes Mellitus--Complications--CO; Hiccup--Drug
Therapy--DT;
Peripheral Nervous System Diseases--Complications--CO;
Valproic Acid
--Therapeutic Use--TU
  CAS Registry No.: 0 (Anticonvulsants); 99-66-1 (Valproic
Acid)
 
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  Treatment of intractable hiccups with intramuscular
haloperidol.
  Ives TJ; Fleming MF; Weart CW; Bloch D
  Am J Psychiatry (UNITED STATES) Nov 1985, 142 (11)
p1368-9, ISSN
0002-953X Journal Code: 3VG
  Languages: ENGLISH
  Document type: JOURNAL ARTICLE
  JOURNAL ANNOUNCEMENT: 8602
  Subfile: AIM; INDEX MEDICUS
  Two patients with intractable hiccups were treated with
intramuscular
haloperidol; remission occurred within 1 hour. With its rapid
action and
low incidence of adverse effects, intramuscular haloperidol
should be
considered a therapeutic alternative in the treatment of
intractable
hiccups.
  Tags: Case Report; Human; Male
  Descriptors: *Haloperidol--Administration and Dosage--AD;
*Hiccup--Drug
Therapy--DT; Adult; Aged; Haloperidol--Adverse Effects--AE;
Injections,
Intramuscular
  CAS Registry No.: 52-86-8 (Haloperidol)
 
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  Potential uses for metoclopramide.
  Shaughnessy AF
  Drug Intell Clin Pharm (UNITED STATES) Oct 1985, 19 (10)
p723-8,
ISSN 0012-6578 Journal Code: EBU
  Languages: ENGLISH
  Document type: JOURNAL ARTICLE; REVIEW
  JOURNAL ANNOUNCEMENT: 8602
  Subfile: INDEX MEDICUS
  Metoclopramide, a dopamine antagonist, is approved in the
U.S. for the
treatment of various gastrointestinal disorders. Its use
has been
investigated in a wide variety of diseases, including those not
involving
the intestinal tract. Although more study is required
before routine
clinical use of metoclopramide can be advocated, it may be
effective in the
treatment of tardive dyskinesia, in decreasing the risk factors
associated
with anesthetic-related aspiration, and as an adjunct in the
treatment of
gastric bezoars. It also may be used safely in patients with
Parkinson's
disease. The use of metoclopramide in the treatment of
neurogenic bladder,
orthostatic hypotension, tumor-associated gastroparesis,
nonprolactinemic
amenorrhea, failure to thrive, Tourette's syndrome, anorexia
nervosa, and
hiccups, as well as an adjunct to migraine therapy, has been
investigated,
but sufficient evidence has not been accumulated to advocate
the use of
metoclopramide in these disorders. (50 Refs.)
  Tags: Human
  Descriptors: *Metoclopramide--Therapeutic Use--TU; Anorexia
Nervosa--Drug
Therapy--DT; Bezoars--Drug Therapy--DT; Dyskinesia,
Drug-Induced --Drug
Therapy--DT; Failure to Thrive--Drug Therapy--DT; Hiccup--Drug
Therapy--DT;
Migraine--Drug Therapy--DT; Parkinson Disease--Drug Therapy--DT;
Pneumonia,
Aspiration--Drug Therapy--DT; Stomach; Vertigo--Drug Therapy--DT
  CAS Registry No.: 364-62-5 (Metoclopramide)
 
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  Potential uses for metoclopramide.
  Shaughnessy AF
  Drug Intell Clin Pharm (UNITED STATES) Oct 1985, 19 (10)
p723-8,
ISSN 0012-6578 Journal Code: EBU
  Languages: ENGLISH
  Document type: JOURNAL ARTICLE; REVIEW
  JOURNAL ANNOUNCEMENT: 8602
  Subfile: INDEX MEDICUS
  Metoclopramide, a dopamine antagonist, is approved in the
U.S. for the
treatment of various gastrointestinal disorders. Its use
has been
investigated in a wide variety of diseases, including those not
involving
the intestinal tract. Although more study is required
before routine
clinical use of metoclopramide can be advocated, it may be
effective in the
treatment of tardive dyskinesia, in decreasing the risk factors
associated
with anesthetic-related aspiration, and as an adjunct in the
treatment of
gastric bezoars. It also may be used safely in patients with
Parkinson's
disease. The use of metoclopramide in the treatment of
neurogenic bladder,
orthostatic hypotension, tumor-associated gastroparesis,
nonprolactinemic
amenorrhea, failure to thrive, Tourette's syndrome, anorexia
nervosa, and
hiccups, as well as an adjunct to migraine therapy, has been
investigated,
but sufficient evidence has not been accumulated to advocate
the use of
metoclopramide in these disorders. (50 Refs.)
  Tags: Human
  Descriptors: *Metoclopramide--Therapeutic Use--TU; Anorexia
Nervosa--Drug
Therapy--DT; Bezoars--Drug Therapy--DT; Dyskinesia,
Drug-Induced --Drug
Therapy--DT; Failure to Thrive--Drug Therapy--DT; Hiccup--Drug
Therapy--DT;
Migraine--Drug Therapy--DT; Parkinson Disease--Drug Therapy--DT;
Pneumonia,
Aspiration--Drug Therapy--DT; Stomach; Vertigo--Drug Therapy--DT
  CAS Registry No.: 364-62-5 (Metoclopramide)
 
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Bob
 
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