Effects of acetylsalicylic acid on sore throat pain and other pain symptoms associated with acute upper respiratory tract infection

Pain Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 118-124

  Eccles, Ron ^a   Loose, Irene ^b   Jawad, Martez ^a   Nyman, Lars ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Acetylsalicylic acid; Common cold; Pain; Sore throat

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANALGESIC AGENT; PLACEBO; WATER;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EFFERVESCENT TABLET; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SORE THROAT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; LABORATORY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ASPIRIN; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PHARYNGITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0042133093     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-4637.2003.03019.x     Document Type: Article

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