Pain treatment: A historical overview

Current Pharmaceutical Design

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 701-716

  Sabatowski, Rainer ^a   Schafer D ^a   Kasper, S M ^a   Brunsch, H ^b   Radbruch, L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b German Historical Institute   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALFENTANIL; ANALGESIC AGENT; BUPRENORPHINE; CARFENTANIL; CHLOROFORM; CODEINE; DIAMORPHINE; DIHYDROCODEINE; ENDORPHIN; ETHER; FENTANYL; FENTANYL CITRATE; GINGER EXTRACT; GLYCYRRHIZA EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HYDROCODONE; HYDROMORPHONE; IPECAC; METHADONE; MORPHINE; MORPHINE SULFATE; NITROUS OXIDE; OPIATE DERIVATIVE; OPIATE RECEPTOR; OXYCODONE; OXYMORPHONE; PETHIDINE; SUFENTANIL; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANALGESIA; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANURIA; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CANCER PAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHRONIC PAIN; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MIXTURE; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; EMPIRICISM; HEADACHE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HERBAL MEDICINE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HOSPICE; HUMAN; JOINT STIFFNESS; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; MAGNETISM; NEURALGIA; NEUROSURGERY; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; OPIATE ADDICTION; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PAPAVER SOMNIFERUM; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; THEORY; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; VOMITING;

ANALGESICS; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHETICS; ANIMALS; ENDORPHINS; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PAIN; PALLIATIVE CARE; RECEPTORS, OPIOID; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 1442349999     PISSN: 13816128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1381612043452974     Document Type: Review

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