Oral activated charcoal in patients with uremic pruritus
| Autor: | S. Bandini, Da: Urti, Alessandro Antonelli, Giuliano Barsotti, L Dani, Maurizio Salvadori, Daniela Angelini, Sergio Giovannetti, Adamasco Cupisti |
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| Rok vydání: | 1995 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Uremic pruritus Time Factors medicine.medical_treatment Antidotes Drinking Administration Oral Gastroenterology Drug Administration Schedule Placebos Oral administration Internal medicine Medicine Humans In patient Single-Blind Method skin and connective tissue diseases Aged Uremia Chemotherapy integumentary system business.industry Pruritus Maintenance hemodialysis Middle Aged medicine.disease Surgery body regions Activated charcoal Charcoal Female Hemodialysis business Complication |
| Zdroj: | Nephron. 70(2) |
| ISSN: | 1660-8151 |
| Popis: | Twenty-three chronic uremic patients on maintenance hemodialysis and suffering from severe pruritus were treated with activated powdered charcoal (6 g daily p.o.). In 10 patients pruritus disappeared completely, and in 10 other patients a partial effect was observed. The favorable results persisted for several weeks after discontinuation of the treatment. Only 3 cases were totally unresponsive. No relevant undesirable side effects were observed with the exception of 1 case who showed treatment intolerance. It is concluded that activated charcoal per os is a safe, effective, and low-cost therapy for patients with uremic pruritus, but its mechanism of action is unknown. |
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