Analgesic efficacy and safety of tramadol/acetaminophen combination tablets (Ultracet®) in treatment of chronic low back pain: A multicenter, outpatient, randomized, double blind, placebo controlled trial

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2454-2463

  Peloso, Paul M ^a   Fortin, Luc ^b   Beaulieu, André ^c   Kamin, Marc ^d   Rosenthal, Norman R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^d Ortho McNeil Pharmaceutical ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Acetaminophen; Analgesia; Low back pain; Tramadol

Indexed keywords

OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; PARACETAMOL PLUS TRAMADOL; PLACEBO; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MCGILL PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROLAND DISABILITY QUESTIONNAIRE; SOMNOLENCE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOMITING; XEROSTOMIA;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; CHRONIC DISEASE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRAMADOL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 10044234123     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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