Pharmacotherapy for Neuropathic Pain: Progress and Prospects

Drug News and Perspectives

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 622-630

  Pullar, Sandy ^a,b   Palmer, Alan M ^a,b  

^a Regional Mental Health Care   (United Kingdom)

^b SMR Secretariat   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; 4,6 DICHLORO 3 (2 OXO 1 PHENYL 3 PYRROLIDINYLIDENEMETHYL) 1H INDOLE 2 CARBOXYLIC ACID; 6,7 DICHLORO 5 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; 7 CHLORO 1,2,5,10 TETRAHYDRO 4 HYDROXY 2 (4 METHOXY 2 METHYLPHENYL)PYRIDAZINO[4,5 B]QUINOLINE 1,10 DIONE; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; AMANTADINE; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR AGONIST; CARBAMAZEPINE; DEXTRORPHAN; FLUOXETINE; GABAPENTIN; GLYCINE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; KETAMINE; LAMOTRIGINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; LONG ACTING DRUG; MEMANTINE; MEXILETINE; MRZ 2 576; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NERAMEXANE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PREGABALIN; RO 256981; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; TRAXOPRODIL; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG APPROVAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG SCREENING; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; SIDE EFFECT; SYMPOSIUM;

ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; CLINICAL TRIALS; HUMANS; PAIN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES;

EID: 0345827528     PISSN: 02140934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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