Gabapentin: In Postherpetic Neuralgia

CNS Drugs

Volumn 17, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 975-982

  Curran, Monique P ^a   Wagstaff, Antona J ^a  

^a ADIS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; GABAPENTIN;

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ASTHENIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; HUMAN; INFECTION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SOMNOLENCE; VERTIGO;

ACETIC ACIDS; AMINES; ANIMALS; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMANS; NEURALGIA;

EID: 0242487595     PISSN: 11727047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00023210-200317130-00004     Document Type: Review

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