Treatment of severe pain from osteoarthritis with slow-release tramadol or dihydrocodeine in combination with NSAID's: A randomised study comparing analgesia, antinociception and gastrointestinal effects

Pain

Volumn 91, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 23-31

  Wilder Smith, C H ^a,b   Hill, L ^a   Spargo, K ^a   Kalla, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Chronic non malignant pain; Dihydrocodeine; Motility; Pain thresholds; Tramadol

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROCODEINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; TRAMADOL; TRAMAL RETARD;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG FORMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; INTESTINE FUNCTION; INTESTINE MOTILITY; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SLOW DRUG RELEASE; VERTIGO;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CODEINE; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOCICEPTORS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PALLIATIVE CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP; TRAMADOL;

EID: 0035057331     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(00)00414-0     Document Type: Article

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