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Recovering From Massive Brain Stroke. Prescribed Medicines. Having Excessive Hiccups. Solution?
My father is recovering a massive brain stroke happened 1 month back. Now he is having too much hiccup , what to do? He is presently taking the following medicines at home: 1. Tab. Concor(2.5) 2. Tab. Cordarone(100) 3.tab pan 40 4. Sry . Dilantin 12 ml . 5. Sry polybion 6.sry mucaine gel . 7. Tab lonazep md 8. Sry leviplil 10 ml . 9. Tab liofen .
Tue, 26 Feb 2013
Hi,
Thank you for posting yuor query.
Hiccups could be due to involvement of brain stem in stroke. In this case, it may take a few weeks for the hiccups to subside completely. Liofen is helpful. Other drug effective in this is largactil (chlorpromazine).
One should also rule out hyponatremia (low sodium level in blood), which also can cause hiccups. If sodium is low, you may increase the salt intake in the food.
Best wishes,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD DM (Neurology)
Senior Consultant Neurologist
Thank you for posting yuor query.
Hiccups could be due to involvement of brain stem in stroke. In this case, it may take a few weeks for the hiccups to subside completely. Liofen is helpful. Other drug effective in this is largactil (chlorpromazine).
One should also rule out hyponatremia (low sodium level in blood), which also can cause hiccups. If sodium is low, you may increase the salt intake in the food.
Best wishes,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD DM (Neurology)
Senior Consultant Neurologist
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