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Nifedipine for Intractable Hiccups
Neurol 40:531-532, Lipps,D.C.,et al, 1990
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Article Abstract
Seven patients with intractable hiccups were treated with a calcium channel blocker,nifedipine.A daily dose of 30 to 60 mg of this drug stopped hiccups in 4 patients and improved them in a 5th patient.In 2 patients hiccups recurred within 24 hours after stopping nifedipine. Nifedipine can be effective against intractable hiccups in some patients.
 
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