Literature DB >> 12614964

Mirtazapine for pruritus.

Mellar P Davis1, Jan L Frandsen, Declan Walsh, Steven Andresen, Sandy Taylor.   

Abstract

Pruritus is a relatively rare but distressing symptom associated with cholestasis, renal failure, and malignancies. Medical management recently has included the use of ondansetron and paroxetine. We report four patients whose pruritus responded to mirtazapine.

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Year:  2003        PMID: 12614964     DOI: 10.1016/s0885-3924(02)00645-0

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  J Pain Symptom Manage        ISSN: 0885-3924            Impact factor:   3.612


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Authors:  Kenneth R Cohen; Jerry Frank; Rebecca L Salbu; Igor Israel
Journal:  P T       Date:  2012-04

Review 4.  Mediators of Chronic Pruritus in Atopic Dermatitis: Getting the Itch Out?

Authors:  Nicholas K Mollanazar; Peter K Smith; Gil Yosipovitch
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Authors:  Dori Seccareccia; Nadine Gebara
Journal:  Can Fam Physician       Date:  2011-09       Impact factor: 3.275

6.  "Should I go on dialysis, Doc?": initiating dialysis in elderly patients with end-stage renal disease.

Authors:  Dori Seccareccia; James Downar
Journal:  Can Fam Physician       Date:  2012-12       Impact factor: 3.275

Review 7.  Chronic pruritus: a paraneoplastic sign.

Authors:  Gil Yosipovitch
Journal:  Dermatol Ther       Date:  2010 Nov-Dec       Impact factor: 2.851

Review 8.  Pruritus: management algorithms and experimental therapies.

Authors:  Martin Steinhoff; Ferda Cevikbas; Akihiko Ikoma; Timothy G Berger
Journal:  Semin Cutan Med Surg       Date:  2011-06

Review 9.  Pharmacological interventions for pruritus in adult palliative care patients.

Authors:  Waldemar Siemens; Carola Xander; Joerg J Meerpohl; Sabine Buroh; Gerd Antes; Guido Schwarzer; Gerhild Becker
Journal:  Cochrane Database Syst Rev       Date:  2016-11-16

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Authors:  Sattar Ostadhadi; Ehsan Azimi; Ethan A Lerner; Ahmad-Reza Dehpour
Journal:  Exp Dermatol       Date:  2016-02-26       Impact factor: 3.960

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