Nimodipine fails to enhance the analgesic effect of slow release morphine in the early phases of cancer pain treatment

Pain

Volumn 68, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 239-243

  Roca, G ^a   Aguilar, J L ^b   Gomar, C ^c   Mazo, V ^a   Costa, J ^a   Vidal, F ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

^b Pain Clinic   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

calcium channel; cancer; morphine; nimodipine; pain

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; MORPHINE; NIMODIPINE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG SYNERGISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHINE; NEOPLASMS; NIMODIPINE; PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030458572     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(96)03186-7     Document Type: Article

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