Tramadol hydrochloride: An overview of current use

Hospital Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 373-376

  Bamigbade, Timothy A ^a,b   Langford, Richard M ^a  

^a ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; TRAMADOL;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DRUG POTENTIATION; HUMAN; ISOMERISM; LIVER; METABOLISM; PAIN; REVIEW;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CHRONIC DISEASE; DRUG SYNERGISM; HUMANS; ISOMERISM; LIVER; PAIN; TRAMADOL;

EID: 0032062984     PISSN: 14623935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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