The PAIN study: Paracetamol, aspirin and ibuprofen new tolerability study. A large-scale, randomised clinical trial comparing the tolerability of aspirin, ibuprofen and paracetamol for short-term analgesia

Clinical Drug Investigation

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 89-98

  Moore, Nicholas ^a   Van Ganse, Eric ^b   Le Parc, Jean Marie ^c   Wall, Richard ^d   Schneid, Hélène ^e   Farhan, Mahdi ^d   Verrière, François ^e   Pelen, François ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c HÔPITAL AMBROISE PARÉ   (France)

^d The Boots Company PLC   (United Kingdom)

^e Boots Healthcare   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANALGESIC AGENT; IBUPROFEN; PARACETAMOL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANALGESIA; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; BACKACHE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMON COLD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DYSPEPSIA; FLATULENCE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PAIN; PEPTIC ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOMNOLENCE; SORE THROAT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VERTIGO; VOMITING;

EID: 0032802520     PISSN: 11732563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00044011-199918020-00001     Document Type: Article

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