Tramadol: A Preliminary Review of its Pharmacodynamic and Pharmacokinetic Properties, and Therapeutic Potential in Acute and Chronic Pain States

Drugs

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 313-340

  Lee, C Rhoda ^a   McTavish, Donna ^a   Sorkin, Eugene M ^a  

^a ADIS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DIPYRONE; FLUPIRTINE; MORPHINE; NALBUPHINE; PETHIDINE; TILIDINE; TRAMADOL;

AGE; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANESTHESIA; BREATHING; CANCER PAIN; CHILDBIRTH; CHRONIC PAIN; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG TOLERANCE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER FAILURE; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; REVIEW; SEDATION; SWEATING; VERTIGO; XEROSTOMIA;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DOSAGE FORMS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTES; DRUG EVALUATION; DRUG TOLERANCE; HUMAN; PAIN; TRAMADOL;

EID: 0027194499     PISSN: 00126667     EISSN: 11791950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00003495-199346020-00008     Document Type: Article

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