Assessment of analgesia in man: Tramadol controlled release formula vs. tramadol standard formulation

European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 31-38

  Hummel, T ^a   Roscher, S ^a   Pauli, E ^a   Frank, M ^b   Liefhold, J ^b   Fleischer, W ^b   Kobal, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b MUNDIPHARMA GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemo somatosensory event related potential; Controlled release formulation; Innervation; Nociception; Opioid; Tramadol; Trigeminal

Indexed keywords

TRAMADOL;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUSTAINED RELEASE PREPARATION;

ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; TRAMADOL;

EID: 0029782982     PISSN: 00316970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002280050156     Document Type: Article

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