noradrenalin/nausea

A clinical study was conducted to investigate the relationship between nausea/emesis after chemotherapy for lung cancer (docetaxel 60 mg/m(2), cisplatin 80 mg/m(2)) and blood serotonin (S), blood catecholamine (adrenaline) (A), noradrenaline (NA) and dopamine (D) in effective and non-effective

An open comparison study included 29 patients, aged 33-62 years, with chronic pain syndromes of the spine during at least 6 months. A main group (14 patients) received antidepressant cymbalta, an inhibitor of serotonin and noradrenalin reuptake, as an add-on drug. Data of general somatic and

We investigated the clinical efficacy of milnacipran (Serotonin-Noradrenalin Reuptake Inhibitor: SNRI) in prostate cancer patients who suffer from hot flushes. Our study included 12 patients who had taken hormone therapy for at least 3 months prior to the trial entry. All patients had severe hot

We report herein a rare female case of bladder pheochromocytoma with familial clustering. Her mother had received an operation for bladder pheochromocytoma. When the present case was 20 years of age, body weight loss and fever appeared. Thereafter, nausea, vomiting and palpitation occurred

Paragangliomas are tumors arising from sympathetic and parasympathetic tissues. The classic associated syndromes are neurofibromatosis type 1, multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 and von Hippel-Lindau. Germline mutations of succinate dehydrogenase subunits genes, are associated with familial

Thanks to the progress in early diagnosis and treatment of cancer, the life expectancy of cancer patients has now increased. Patients are, therefore, more likely to experience their individual cancer pain as a chronic pain. As a consequence, long-term treatment of cancer-related pain and oncological

The present open study intended to show the prophylactic value of venlafaxine (serotonin and noradrenalin reuptake inhibitor) in 42 patients with migraine with or without aura during four months, from May to September 1997. The average age was 32.5 years and average crisis was 3.8 per month.

We report a case of 44-year-old Japanese man who presented with exercise-induced anaphylaxis. He was admitted to our hospital with chief complaints of repeated episodes of urticaria and nausea induced by exercise. He had allergy to the radiologic contrast iodine material, but no history of atopic

Bupropion was initially developed and licensed for the treatment of major depressive disorder in the United States in 1989. It was licensed as a pharmacotherapy for smoking cessation in the United States in 1997 and in the United Kingdom in 2000, and for the prevention of seasonal major depressive

GRT9906 is an investigational novel compound with μ-opioid receptor agonism and inhibition of noradrenalin/serotonin re-uptake. In this randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, three-way cross-over trial in painful polyneuropathy, the efficacy and safety of GRT9906 was assessed and compared

Background In recent years, the prescription of serotonin-noradrenalin reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs) for treatment of fibromyalgia (FM) has increased with reports of their efficacy. The SNRI milnacipran is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for treatment of FM, yet, the mechanisms

BACKGROUND Originally developed as an antidepressant, bupropion hydrochloride is a selective re-uptake inhibitor of dopamine and noradrenalin which was found to reduce nicotine withdrawal symptoms and the urge to smoke. Bupropion came onto the Australian market in November 2000 as a 150 mg sustained

BACKGROUND Thyrotoxic crisis and pheochromocytoma multisystem crisis are rare, life-threatening, emergency endocrine diseases with various clinical manifestations. Here we report a case of a patient who simultaneously developed thyrotoxic crisis and pheochromocytoma multisystem crisis and required