Topical amitriptyline in healthy volunteers

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 289-293

  Gerner, Peter ^a   Kao, Grace ^b   Srinivasa, Venkatesh ^b   Narang, Sanjeet ^b   Wang, Ging Kuo ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Amitriptyline; Analgesia; Topical; Transdermal

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; EMLA; PLACEBO; SODIUM HYDROXIDE;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCIATIC NERVE; SEROTONIN RELEASE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 0042707528     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1098-7339(03)00209-8     Document Type: Article

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