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Published in: Supportive Care in Cancer 11/2012

01-11-2012 | Short Communication

Successful treatment of intractable hiccups by oral application of lidocaine

Authors: Thomas Neuhaus, Yon-Dschun Ko, Sebastian Stier

Published in: Supportive Care in Cancer | Issue 11/2012

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Abstract

Background

Persistent and intractable hiccups are a rather rare, but distressing gastrointestinal symptom found in palliative care patients. Although several recommendations for treatment are given, hiccups often persist.

Case reports

We describe a new pharmacological approach for successfully treating hiccups in four cancer patients. In the first patient, chronic and intractable hiccups lasted for more than 18 months, but disappeared immediately after swallowing a viscous 2 % lidocaine solution for treatment of mucositis. Based on this experience, we successfully treated three further patients suffering from singultus using a lidocaine-containing gel. To our knowledge, this is the first report about managing hiccups by oral application of a lidocaine solution.
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Metadata
Title
Successful treatment of intractable hiccups by oral application of lidocaine
Authors
Thomas Neuhaus
Yon-Dschun Ko
Sebastian Stier
Publication date
01-11-2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Supportive Care in Cancer / Issue 11/2012
Print ISSN: 0941-4355
Electronic ISSN: 1433-7339
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-012-1533-5

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