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Default I seem to have the hiccups

Mark Thorson wrote:
> Goomba wrote:
>> Mark Thorson wrote:
>>
>>> I've read that hospitals use carbon dioxide gas
>>> as a treatment for difficult cases of hiccups.
>>> That's essentially what this does.

>> I've never seen or heard of that being used. We usually use Thorazine.

>
> Low-dose chlorpromazine is effective against hiccups,
> but if I'm not mistaken, baclophen is considered the
> current best practice, with regard to pharmacotherapy.


Baclofen. And it isn't so commonly used either. But it makes some sense.