Tramadol relieves pain and allodynia in polyneuropathy: A randomised, double-blind, controlled trial

Pain

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 85-90

  Sindrup, Søren H ^a,b   Andersen, Grethe ^c   Madsen, Claus ^a   Smith, Torben ^a   Brøsen, Kim ^b   Jensen, Troels S ^c  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Allodynia; Pain; Polyneuropathy; Tramadol

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; TRAMADOL;

AGED; ALLODYNIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION DISORDER; NAUSEA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PAIN; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLOW RELEASE FORMULATION; SWEATING; VERTIGO; XEROSTOMIA;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POLYNEUROPATHIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOUCH; TRAMADOL;

EID: 0032877110     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(99)00079-2     Document Type: Article

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