Analgesic efficacy of a combination of hydrocodone with ibuprofen in postoperative pain

Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 66-76

  Wideman, Gilder L ^a,b,c,d   Keffer, Marie ^a,b,c   Morris, Elena ^a,b,c   Doyle Jr , Ralph T ^a,b,c   Jiang, John G ^a,b,c   Beaver, William T ^a,b,c  

^a Brookwood Medical Center Birmingham   (United States)

^b ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HealthSouth Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCODONE; HYDROCODONE BITARTRATE PLUS IBUPROFEN; IBUPROFEN; OPIATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEADACHE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SCORING SYSTEM; SOMNOLENCE; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG SYNERGISM; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCODONE; IBUPROFEN; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032920390     PISSN: 00099236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-9236(99)70123-2     Document Type: Article

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