Abstract
Chronic hiccup is an infrequent but distressing symptom in patients with advanced cancer. A series of drugs (chlorpromazine, haloperidol, nifedipine, metoclopramide, baclofen) have been used to treat hiccup without definitive results. Some authors have suggested a possible role of baclofen in the treatment of chronic hiccup. We report three cases of chronic hiccup in patients with cancer successfully treated with baclofen.
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Şeker, M.M., Aksoy, S., Özdemir, N.Y. et al. Successful treatment of chronic hiccup with baclofen in cancer patients. Med Oncol 29, 1369–1370 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12032-011-9910-3
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