Successful treatment of gastroparesis with the antidepressant mirtazapine: a case report.
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چکیده
Treatments for gastroparesis have been unsatisfactory. We describe a patient with gastroparesis who did not respond to a series of conventional prokinetic treatments. Finally, an antidepressant, mirtazapine, was administered, and the patient's symptoms and gastric emptying showed surprisingly rapid improvement. Therefore, we recommend mirtazapine as a treatment for gastroparesis refractory to conventional treatments.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of Nippon Medical School = Nippon Ika Daigaku zasshi
دوره 81 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2014