Subarachnoid and epidural calcitonin in patients with pain due to metastatic cancer

Janna Blanchard; Emil Menk; Somayaji Ramamurthy; Joan Hoffman

doi:10.1016/S0885-3924(05)80008-9

Subarachnoid and epidural calcitonin in patients with pain due to metastatic cancer

Janna Blanchard, Emil Menk, Somayaji Ramamurthy, Joan Hoffman

Anesthesiology

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Abstract

Nine patients with metastatic cancer who had pain refractory to traditional treatments received a subarachnoid injection of salmon calcitonin. Eight of the nine patients reported pain relief after subarachnoid injection varying from 1 hr to 5 days. Four of the responding patients subsequently received an epidural injection of salmon calcitonin, and two of these patients reported pain relief. Although many patients experienced pain relief, nausea and vomiting appeared to be a significant side effect, accurring in seven out of nine patients.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	42-45
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Volume	5
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0885-3924(05)80008-9
State	Published - 1990

Keywords

Epidural salmon calcitonin administration
cancer pain
subarachnoid salmon calcitonin administration

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Nursing(all)
Clinical Neurology
Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

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