Successful treatment of gastroparesis with the antidepressant mirtazapine: a case report.
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.
Department of Gastroenterology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University.
Junmin
J
Song
Nan
N
Lin
Feng
F
Tian
Yang
Y
Li
Yan
Y
Li
D000368:Aged; D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D018589:Gastroparesis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008803:Mianserin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000078785:Mirtazapine; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000928:Antidepressive Agents; D008803:Mianserin; D000078785:Mirtazapine