TY - JOUR
T1 - Subarachnoid and epidural calcitonin in patients with pain due to metastatic cancer
AU - Blanchard, Janna
AU - Menk, Emil
AU - Ramamurthy, Somayaji
AU - Hoffman, Joan
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 1990
Y1 - 1990
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Epidural salmon calcitonin administration
KW - cancer pain
KW - subarachnoid salmon calcitonin administration
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U2 - 10.1016/S0885-3924(05)80008-9
DO - 10.1016/S0885-3924(05)80008-9
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85049057396
VL - 5
SP - 42
EP - 45
JO - Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
JF - Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
SN - 0885-3924
IS - 1
ER -