Intraindividual differences in pain relief and functional improvement in osteoarthritis with diclofenac or tramadol

Clinical Drug Investigation

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 421-429

  Pavelka, Karel ^a   Pelisková, Zuzana ^a   Stehlíková, Helena ^a   Ratcliffe, Stuart ^b   Repas, Csilla ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF RHEUMATOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b GRÜNENTHAL GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DICLOFENAC; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; TRAMADOL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXITIS; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEADACHE; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VOMITING;

EID: 0032429183     PISSN: 11732563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00044011-199816060-00002     Document Type: Article

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