Tramadol compared with diclofenac in traumatic musculoskeletal pain

Current Therapeutic Research - Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 473-480

  Pagliara, Luigi ^a   Tornago, Stefano ^a   Metastasio, Jolanda ^a   Peretti, Giovanni ^b   Albisetti, Walter ^b   Thovez, Giovanni ^c   Ferrari, Claudio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c OSPEDALE DEGLI INFERMI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Musculoskeletal pain; Tolerability; Tramadol; Trauma

Indexed keywords

DICLOFENAC; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BONE INJURY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; JOINT INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; MYALGIA; NEUROTOXICITY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0030929442     PISSN: 0011393X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0011-393X(97)80039-2     Document Type: Article

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