Treatment of Persistent Hiccups with a Single Session of Gabapentin Therapy: A report of 2 cases.
10.3344/kjp.2005.18.2.222
- Author:
Sie Hyun YOU
1
;
Chun Sook KIM
;
Bung Heum KIM
;
Hwan Joo SEO
;
Kyu Sik KANG
Author Information
1. Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University, Cheonan, Korea. ksjsk@schch.co.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
gabapentin;
persistent hiccups
- MeSH:
Diaphragm;
Hiccup*;
Humans;
Pain Clinics;
Spasm
- From:The Korean Journal of Pain
2005;18(2):222-225
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Hiccups are due to an intermittent clonic spasm of the diaphragm. In most cases, hiccups are self-limiting disease, but persistent hiccups may be related to the presence of serious underlying systemic disease. Two patients who had persistent hiccups that were not controled by conventional methods and medications were referred to the pain clinic. We administered a single oral medication of gabapentin, and then the hiccups disappeared in both cases. We concluded that gabapentin should be considered as an alternative therapy to control persistent or intractable hiccup. It could be particularly useful for those patients with solid malignancies, either alone or as an "add-on therapy" with other oral agents.
