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 diminishing pain that was more marked in the winter season.
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Department of Dermatology, Christian Medical College & Hospital, Tamilnadu, India. abraham@cmc.ernet.in
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D000328:Adult; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D009543:Nifedipine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology*; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology
D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; D009543:Nifedipine