Treatment of pain due to postherpetic neuralgia with tramadol: Results of an open pilot study vs clomipramine with or without levomepromazine [Short communication];Traitement des douleurs post-zosteriennes par le tramadol: resultats d'une etude pilote ouverte versus clomipramine avec ou sans levomepromazine [Article condense]

Drugs

Volumn 53, Issue SUPPL. 2, 1997, Pages 34-39

  Gobel H ^a,c   Stadler, Th ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b GRÜNENTHAL GMBH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; CLOMIPRAMINE; LEVOMEPROMAZINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NORADRENALIN; OPIATE; SEROTONIN; TRAMADOL; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG TOLERABILITY; HUMAN; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEROTONIN RELEASE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG COMBINATION; HERPES ZOSTER; NEURALGIA; PILOT STUDY;

AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; CLOMIPRAMINE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMANS; METHOTRIMEPRAZINE; NEURALGIA; PILOT PROJECTS; TRAMADOL;

EID: 0030632150     PISSN: 00126667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00003495-199700532-00008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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