| Dr. Smith |
09-23-2011 02:05 AM |
AAPM: Hormone Tx May Relieve Intractable Pain
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WASHINGTON -- Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), a drug frequently used in fertility therapy, relieved intractable pain for most patients in a small pilot study, researchers said here.
After a year of hCG therapy, seven out of eight patients were able to reduce opiate use by 30% to 50%, Forest Tennant, MD, DrPH, of the Veract Intractable Pain Clinic in West Covina, Calif., reported at the American Academy of Pain Medicine meeting.
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