Pain in multiple leiomyomas alleviated by nifedipine

Pain in multiple leiomyomas alleviated by nifedipine

We have confirmed the usefulness of nifedipine in the treatment of pain present in lesions of multiple skin leiomyomata. Our patient, a 28-year-old woman, had hundreds of skin lesions, proven histologically to be leiomyomata. Nifedipine (10 mg) three or four times daily was remarkably effective in d...

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Veröffentlicht in:Pain (Amsterdam) 1997-10, Vol.73 (1), p.101-102
Hauptverfasser: George, Soshamma, Pulimood, Susanne, Jacob, Mary, Chandi, Sushil M
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adult
Analgesics
Biological and medical sciences
Calcium Channel Blockers - therapeutic use
Chronic Disease
Female
Humans
Leiomyoma
Leiomyoma - complications
Leiomyoma - pathology
Medical sciences
Neuropharmacology
Nifedipine
Nifedipine - therapeutic use
Pain
Pain - drug therapy
Pain - etiology
Pharmacology. Drug treatments
Skin - pathology
Skin Neoplasms - complications
Skin Neoplasms - pathology
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Zusammenfassung:We have confirmed the usefulness of nifedipine in the treatment of pain present in lesions of multiple skin leiomyomata. Our patient, a 28-year-old woman, had hundreds of skin lesions, proven histologically to be leiomyomata. Nifedipine (10 mg) three or four times daily was remarkably effective in diminishing pain that was more marked in the winter season.
ISSN:0304-3959
1872-6623
DOI:10.1016/S0304-3959(97)00067-5