Maintenance of the long-term effectiveness of tramadol in treatment of the pain of diabetic neuropathy

Journal of Diabetes and its Complications

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 65-70

  Harati, Yadollah ^a   Gooch, Clifton ^a   Swenson, Michael ^b   Edelman, Steven V ^c   Greene, Douglas ^d   Raskin, Philip ^e   Donofrio, Peter ^f   Cornblath, David ^g   Olson, William H ^h   Kamin, Marc ^h  

^a MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h Ortho McNeil Pharmaceutical Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

Neuropathy; Pain; Tramadol

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE DURATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DYSPEPSIA; DYSURIA; EDEMA; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOMNOLENCE; SWEATING;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; TRAMADOL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034603290     PISSN: 10568727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1056-8727(00)00060-X     Document Type: Article

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