Review of lidocaine patch 5% studies in the treatment of postherpetic neuralgia

Drugs

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 937-947

  Davies, Pamela S ^a   Galer, Bradley S ^b,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ENDO PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CAPSAICIN; CORTICOSTEROID; EMLA; GABAPENTIN; LIDOCAINE; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ALLODYNIA; ANALGESIA; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ATAXIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; DIZZINESS; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ERYTHEMA; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; RASH; REVIEW; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN IRRITATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; NEURALGIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

ATAXIA;

EID: 2342523953     PISSN: 00126667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00003495-200464090-00002     Document Type: Review

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