A comparison of amitriptyline and maprotiline in the treatment of painful polyneuropathy in diabetics and nondiabetics

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 313-323

  Vrethem, Magnus ^a   Boivie, Jörgen ^a   Arnqvist, Hans ^a   Holmgren, Helen ^a   Lindström, Torbjörn ^a   Thorell, Lars Hakan ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Amitriptyline; Diabetes; Maprotiline; Pain; Polyneuropathy

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; MAPROTILINE; NORTRIPTYLINE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; NOSE CONGESTION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TACHYCARDIA; URINE RETENTION; URTICARIA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAPROTILINE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES;

EID: 0031441947     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002508-199712000-00009     Document Type: Article

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