Gabapentin in postherpetic neuralgia: A randomised, double blind, placebo controlled study

Pain

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 215-224

  Rice, A S C ^a   Maton, S ^b  

^a Department of Anaesthetics   (United Kingdom)

^b PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anticonvulsant; Double blind; Gabapentin; Neuropathic pain; Placebo; Postherpetic neuralgia; Randomised controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CAPSAICIN; COCODAMOL; CODYDRAMOL; DEXTROMETHORPHAN; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE PLUS PARACETAMOL; GABAPENTIN; MEXILETINE; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTICENTER STUDY; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; REDUCTION; SLEEP; SOMNOLENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TITRIMETRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTIGO; XEROSTOMIA;

ACETIC ACIDS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMINES; ANALGESICS; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034750718     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(01)00407-9     Document Type: Article

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