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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| Format: | Journal article |
| Sprache: | English |
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1983
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