RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Carvedilol Suppresses Intractable Hiccups
JF The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
JO J Am Board Fam Med
FD American Board of Family Medicine
SP 418
OP 421
DO 10.3122/jabfm.19.4.418
VO 19
IS 4
A1 Stueber, Danielle
A1 Swartz, Conrad M.
YR 2006
UL http://www.jabfm.org/content/19/4/418.abstract
AB Carvedilol (6.25 mg, 4 times daily) relieved 2 years of constant hiccupping, marked tardive dyskinesia, compulsive self-induced vomiting, and feelings of hopelessness and low mood in a 59-year-old African-American man. He previously failed trials of ranitidine, chlorpromazine, promethazine, tegaserod, ondansetron, metoclopramide, pantoprazole, pyloric injections of botulinum toxin A, and a vagal nerve stimulator. At a 5-month follow-up, improvement was maintained; there had been several instances of rapid relapse on carvedilol discontinuation.