Diflunisal: A New Oral Analgesic With an Unusually Long Duration of Action

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 248, Issue 17, 1982, Pages 2139-2142

  Forbes, James A ^a   Beaver, William T ^b   White, E Hartley ^c   White, R Wendell ^c   Neilson, Gloria B ^c   Shackleford, Robert W ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c White Oral Surgery Clinic ^*  (United States)

^d MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANALGESIC AGENT; CODEINE; DIFLUNISAL; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO; DELAYED ACTION PREPARATIONS; DRUG DERIVATIVE; SALICYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ANALGESIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SUSTAINED RELEASE PREPARATION; THERAPY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DELAYED RELEASE FORMULATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG COMBINATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORAL SURGERY; PAIN; TIME;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; CLINICAL TRIALS; CODEINE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; DIFLUNISAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMAN; PAIN; SALICYLIC ACIDS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SURGERY, ORAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0020475777     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.248.17.2139     Document Type: Article

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