Analgesic efficacy and pharmacokinetics of topical nimesulide gel in healthy human volunteers: Double-blind comparison with piroxicam, diclofenac and placebo

European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 541-547

  Sengupta, S ^a   Velpandian, T ^a   Kabir, S R ^a   Gupta, S K ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Nimesulide; Topical gel

Indexed keywords

DICLOFENAC; NIMESULIDE; NIMULID TRANSGEL; PIROXICAM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; GEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; DICLOFENAC; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; MALE; OINTMENTS; PIROXICAM; SULFONAMIDES;

EID: 0031735479     PISSN: 00316970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002280050510     Document Type: Article

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