Guest guest Posted June 28, 2003 Report Share Posted June 28, 2003 Great news, all! Marijuana did the trick! His doc gave him an RX for it, and he smoked 1/2 a joint, and hiccups gone! I will give you an update in a couple days. Julie > > Dear Bob, and all who helped on the hiccup case: > > > > The patient has been released from the hospital, with instructions > to > > intubate himself every 2 hours or so with a tubing that stimulates > a strong > > gagging (actually retching) response, and thereby seems to calm or > reset the > > diaphragm spasm. I only know this second hand and have not seen the > patient > > again. He is coming for more acupuncture in the morning and I will > let you > > know how it goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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