Analgesic effects of lamotrigine and phenytoin on cold-induced pain: A crossover placebo-controlled study in healthy volunteers

Pain

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 357-363

  Webb, James ^a   Kamali, Farhad ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

analgesia; Anticonvulsant drug; Cold pressor test; Glutamate release inhibitor; Lamotrigine; Pain; Phenytoin

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; DIHYDROCODEINE; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENYTOIN; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLD PRESSOR TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL FLICKER FUSION; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NAUSEA; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VOLUNTEER; VOMITING;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; COLD; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FLICKER FUSION; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHENYTOIN; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TRIAZINES;

EID: 0032103880     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(98)00068-2     Document Type: Article

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