Meptazinol diminishes the Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction of relapsing fever.

Naloxone, an opioid antagonist, and meptazinol, an opioid antagonist with agonist properties, were tested in a double-blind placebo-controlled trial in 24 Ethiopian patients with louse-borne relapsing fever. The potentially fatal Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction (J-HR), which invariably follows tetracycl...

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Main Authors: Teklu, B, Habte-Michael, A, Warrell, D, White, N, Wright, D
פורמט: Journal article
שפה:English
יצא לאור: 1983