Tramadol/Paracetamol

Drugs

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1079-1086

  McClellan, Karen ^a   Scott, Lesley J ^a  

^a ADIS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCODAMOL; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; HYDROCODONE BITARTRATE PLUS PARACETAMOL; IBUPROFEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PARACETAMOL PLUS TRAMADOL; TRAMADOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALGESIA; ANOREXIA; ARTHRALGIA; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MIXTURE; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; DYSPEPSIA; FATIGUE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MULTIPLE DRUG DOSE; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; REVIEW; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SOMNOLENCE; TOOTH PAIN; VERTIGO; VOMITING; XEROSTOMIA;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ACUTE DISEASE; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANALGESICS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIALS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; HUMANS; PAIN; TRAMADOL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037607089     PISSN: 00126667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00003495-200363110-00007     Document Type: Review

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