Three-week open multi-centre study of sustained-release tramadol in various pain conditions

Arzneimittel-Forschung/Drug Research

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 503-506

  Ćurković, Božidar ^a   Bernik, Nataša ^b  

^a KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

^b Omega doo   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Analgesic, centrally acting; CAS 27203 92 5; Tramadol, pain conditions, sustained release; Tramal retard, multi centre study

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; SIDE EFFECT; SOMNOLENCE; SUSTAINED RELEASE PREPARATION; SWEATING; VERTIGO; VOMITING;

EID: 0042167238     PISSN: 00044172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1297140     Document Type: Article

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