Antidepressant eases radiation-related mouth pain in head, neck cancer

Monday, October 29, 2012 - 10:40 in Health & Medicine

An oral rinse of the antidepressant doxepin significantly eased pain associated with oral mucositis in patients receiving radiation therapy for cancers of the head and neck, a new study has found.

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