Why is aspirin a contraindication for trigger-point injections? [1]

American Family Physician

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 32-

  Weiss, Barry D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID;

ACUPUNCTURE; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; HUMAN; LETTER;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ASPIRIN; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MYOFASCIAL PAIN SYNDROMES;

EID: 0037283727     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

References (3)

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2. Simons DG, Travell JG, Simons LS. Travell & Simons' Myofascial pain and dysfunction: the trigger point manual. 2d ed. Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins, 1999:94-173.
3. Ruoff GE. Technique of trigger point injection. In: Pfenninger JL, Fowler GC, eds. Procedures for primary care physicians. St. Louis: Mosby, 1994:164-7.