Intramuscular Etofenamate versus Diclofenac in the Relief of Renal Colic: A Randomised, Single-Blind, Comparative Study

Clinical Drug Investigation

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 701-706

  Fraga, Avelino ^a   De Almeida, Martinho ^b   Moreira Da Silva, Vítor ^b   Sousa Marques, Manuel ^c   Severo, Luís ^c   Matos Ferreira, Alberto ^d   Campos Pinheiro, Luís ^d   Reis, Mário ^e   Ribau, Ulisses ^e   Silveira, Pedro ^f   Almeida, Luís ^f  

^a Hospital Militar D Pedro V   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL PEDRO HISPANO   (Portugal)

^c Hospital do Desterro   (Portugal)

^d Instituto de Urologia   (Portugal)

^e HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

^f DEPARTMENT OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; DICLOFENAC; ETOFENAMATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLIC; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE; KIDNEY COLIC; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SOMNOLENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOMITING;

EID: 10744232033     PISSN: 11732563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00044011-200323110-00002     Document Type: Article

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