Cisapride stimulates small intestinal motility and relieves constipation in myelopathy due to cervical spinal stenosis: case report.
A patient with progressive spinal stenosis, paraplegia, chronic pain syndrome and simultaneous severe chronic constipation is described. Treatment with cisapride 10 mg, 4 times daily improved her condition, and this was associated with improved small intestinal motility during a 12-hour examination using a computer aided system.
Hellström
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Deparment of Medicine, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
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D020117:Cisapride; D003248:Constipation / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005769:Gastrointestinal Motility / Q000187:drug effects*; D005772:Gastrointestinal Transit / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000187:drug effects*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009333:Neck; D010880:Piperidines / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013130:Spinal Stenosis / Q000150:complications*; D013997:Time Factors; D014839:Vomiting / Q000209:etiology
D010880:Piperidines; D020117:Cisapride