A double-blind placebo-controlled comparison of tramadol/acetaminophen and tramadol in patients with postoperative dental pain

Pain

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 250-257

  Fricke Jr , James R ^a   Hewitt, David J ^b   Jordan, Donna M ^b   Fisher, Alan ^b   Rosenthal, Norman R ^b  

^a Austin Oral Surgery Associates   (United States)

^b Ortho McNeil Pharmaceutical Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

Postsurgical pain; Third molar extraction; Tramadol; Tramadol acetaminophen

Indexed keywords

PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLAR TOOTH; NAUSEA; ORAL SURGERY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTH PAIN; VOMITING;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG SYNERGISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; TOOTHACHE; TRAMADOL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2442505407     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2004.01.004     Document Type: Article

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