Efficacy of amitriptyline for relief of pain in spinal cord injury: Results of a randomized controlled trial

Pain

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 365-373

  Cardenas, Diana D ^a   Warms, Catherine A ^a   Turner, Judith A ^a   Marshall, Helen ^a   Brooke, Marvin M ^b   Loeser, John D ^a  

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

^b Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup   (United States)

Author keywords

Amitriptyline; Chronic pain; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; BENZATROPINE MESILATE; PLACEBO; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PATIENT DROPOUTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036222008     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(01)00483-3     Document Type: Article

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