Midazolam does not influence intravenous fentanyl-induced analgesia in healthy volunteers

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 275-280

  Zacny, James P ^a   Coalson, Dennis W ^a   Klafta, Jerome M ^a   Klock, P Allan ^a   Alessi, Richard ^a   Rupani, Gita ^a   Young, Christopher J ^a   Patil, Priya G ^a   Apfelbaum, Jeffrey L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Analgesics: intravenous, fentanyl; Anesthestics: intravenous, midazolam; Brain: psychomotor performance; McGill Pain Questionnaire, visual analog scale; Mood

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; MIDAZOLAM;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; AFFECT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; COGNITION; COLD; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG INTERACTIONS; FENTANYL; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MIDAZOLAM; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0030272118     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-3057(96)00082-2     Document Type: Article

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