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Case Reports
. 2003 Mar;25(3):288-91.
doi: 10.1016/s0885-3924(02)00645-0.

Mirtazapine for pruritus

Mellar P Davis  1 , Jan L Frandsen, Declan Walsh, Steven Andresen, Sandy Taylor
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Mirtazapine for pruritus

Mellar P Davis et al. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2003 Mar.
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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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