Systemic lidocaine and mexiletine for the treatment of a patient with total ulcerative colitis
Systemic lidocaine and mexiletine for the treatment of a patient with total ulcerative colitis
Y Yokoyama 1, S Onishi 1
PMCID: PMC1774406 PMID: 15711001
In basic research, neural modulation in ulcerative colitis has been shown.1 In clinical settings, local anaesthetics such as lidocaine and ropivacaine were used, administered per rectum, for the treatment of distal ulcerative colitis with a response…