UI - 000016

AU - Eisele JH

AU - Grigsby EJ

AU - Dea G

TI - Clonazepam treatment of myoclonic contractions associated with high-dose opioids: Case report

AB - IN: U California-Davis, Sacramento, US LA: English AB: Presents the case of a 30-yr-old man with

chronic abdominal pain who was treated with high doses of iv hydromorphone and developed severe and

frequent myoclonic contractions. Several medications including lorazepam failed to control the contractions;

however, clonazepam in normal doses reduced the myoclonus dramatically. (PsycLIT Database Copyright

1992 American Psychological Assn, all rights reserved) KP: clonazepam; hydromorphone induced myoclonic

contractions; 30 yr old male with chronic abdominal pain; case report AN: 79-44237

SO - Pain 1992;49:231-23