In patients receiving radiation therapy for head and neck cancers antidepressant doxepin eases pain associated with oral mucositis (inflammation of the mucous membrane lining the mouth), finds recent study. "Oral mucositis or mouth sores is a painful and debilitating side effect of radiation therapy," says principal investigator Robert Miller, M.D., a radiation oncologist at Mayo Clinic. "Our findings represent a new standard of care for treating this condition." ...Tuesday, 30 October 2012
Antidepressant Eases Mouth Pain in Head, Neck Cancer Patients
In patients receiving radiation therapy for head and neck cancers antidepressant doxepin eases pain associated with oral mucositis (inflammation of the mucous membrane lining the mouth), finds recent study. "Oral mucositis or mouth sores is a painful and debilitating side effect of radiation therapy," says principal investigator Robert Miller, M.D., a radiation oncologist at Mayo Clinic. "Our findings represent a new standard of care for treating this condition." ...
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