Topical lidocaine patch relieves postherpetic neuralgia more effectively than a vehicle topical patch: Results of an enriched enrollment study

Pain

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 533-538

  Galer, Bradley S ^a   Rowbotham, Michael C ^b   Perander, Jill ^c   Friedman, Erika ^b  

^a Inst Educ Res Pain Med P   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Lidocaine; Neuropathic pain; Postherpetic neuralgia; Shingles; Topical drugs

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RASH; SKIN IRRITATION; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA; PAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0032954053     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(98)00244-9     Document Type: Article

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