Topical aspirin/diethyl ether mixture versus indomethacin and diclofenac/diethyl ether mixtures for acute herpetic neuralgia and postherpetic neuralgia: A double-blind crossover placebo-controlled study

Pain

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 45-51

  De Benedittis, Giuseppe ^a   Lorenzetti, Ariberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aspirin; Diclofenac; Diethyl ether; Herpes tester; Indomethacin; Postherpetic neuralgia; Topical analgesics

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; DICLOFENAC; ETHER; INDOMETACIN; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MIXTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0030131035     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3959(95)00155-7     Document Type: Article

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