The NMDA receptor antagonist amantadine reduces surgical neuropathic pain in cancer patients: A double blind, randomized, placebo controlled trial

Pain

Volumn 75, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 349-354

  Pud, Dorit ^a,c   Eisenberg, Elon ^a,b   Spitzer, Ada ^c   Adler, Rivka ^a   Fried, Georgetta ^a   Yarnitsky, David ^a,b  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Amantadine; Cancer; Evoked pain; N Methyl D aspartate receptor; Neuropathic pain; Spontaneous pain

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE SULFATE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NEURALGIA; PAIN THRESHOLD; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; XEROSTOMIA;

ADULT; AGED; AMANTADINE; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PLACEBOS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

EID: 0031945969     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(98)00014-1     Document Type: Article

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