Tramadol: A review of its use in perioperative pain

Drugs

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 139-176

  Scott, L J ^a   Perry, C M ^a  

^a ADIS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; BUPIVACAINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CIMETIDINE; CODEINE; DIPYRONE; FENTANYL; FLUOXETINE; KETOROLAC; MORPHINE; NALBUPHINE; NAPROXEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; NORADRENALIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; OPIATE; OPIATE AGONIST; OPIATE RECEPTOR; PARACETAMOL; PENTAZOCINE; PETHIDINE; PHENPROCOUMON; PIRITRAMIDE; PROPACETAMOL; QUINIDINE; TRAMADOL; WARFARIN;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DROWSINESS; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; DRUG TOLERANCE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; REVIEW; SEIZURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SWEATING; VERTIGO;

EID: 0033893537     PISSN: 00126667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00003495-200060010-00008     Document Type: Review

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