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1. 
   On January 18, 2009 Ross says:

   http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2299306
   Termination of intractable hiccups with digital rectal massage.

   Odeh M, Bassan H, Oliven A.

   Department of Inernal Medicine, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel.

   A 60-year-old man with acute pancreatitis developed persistent hiccups after insertion of a nasogastric tube. Removal of the latter did not terminate the hiccups which had also been treated with different drugs, and several manoeuvres were attempted, but with no success. Digital rectal massage was then performed resulting in abrupt cessation of the hiccups. Recurrence of the hiccups occurred several hours later, and again, they were terminated immediately with digital rectal massage. No other recurrences were observed. This is the second reported case associating cessation of intractable hiccups with digital rectal massage. We suggest that this manoeuvre should be considered in cases of intractable hiccups before proceeding with pharmacological agents.

   PMID: 2299306 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

2. 
   On January 18, 2009 Strong One says:

   I have a tried and true method if you’re interested. Heck I think this will be a blog post!!!!
   Thanks Epi!

3. 
   On January 18, 2009 Greybeard says:

   This sounds weird, but has never failed to stop ‘em in my presence:
   Fill a glass with water. Stand up. Drink the water from the opposite side of the glass than normal. (Means you have to lean over and bend at the waist to do it.) A couple swallows should do the trick.
   Let me know your results. Good luck.

4. 
   On January 18, 2009 Epijunky says:

   I drank a glass of water and it worked.

   No digital rectal massage for me thank you very much.

5. On January 18, 2009 The Be All Cure-All for Hiccups » My Strong Medicine says:

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6. 
   On January 18, 2009 Lucy says:

   Next time…a heaping spoonful of peanut butter. Never fails unless of course you are allergic and then it will kill you.

7. 
   On January 18, 2009 Jemma says:

   A heaping spoonful of sugar – kinda gross in its graininess, but it works. :3

8. On January 25, 2009 My Weekly Web Mad Props » My Strong Medicine says:

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