Effective management of chronic pain: The analgesic dilemma

Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 281-296

  Stacey, Brett R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; CODEINE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DOXEPIN; HYDROMORPHONE; IMIPRAMINE; METHADONE; MORPHINE SULFATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; TRAMADOL;

ANXIETY; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEPRESSION; FRUSTRATION; HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; REVIEW; SELF ESTEEM; SLEEP DISORDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029786184     PISSN: 00325481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/pgm.1996.09.82     Document Type: Review

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