Oxycodone/ibuprofen combination tablet: A review of its use in the management of acute pain

Drugs

Volumn 65, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 2337-2354

  Oldfield, Vicki ^a   Perry, Caroline M ^a  

^a ADIS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Acute pain; Ibuprofen; Oxycodone; Pharmacodynamics; Pharmacokinetics; Therapeutic use; Tolerability

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CODEINE PLUS PARACETAMOL; HYDROCODONE PLUS ASPIRIN; HYDROCODONE PLUS IBUPROFEN; HYDROCODONE PLUS PARACETAMOL; IBUPROFEN DERIVATIVE; IBUPROFEN PLUS OXYCODONE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE AGONIST; OPIATE ANTAGONIST; OXYCODONE PLUS OXYCODONE TEREPHTHALATE PLUS ASPIRIN; OXYCODONE PLUS PARACETAMOL; PARACETAMOL DERIVATIVE; PARACETAMOL PLUS CODEINE PLUS ASPIRIN; PARACETAMOL PLUS PENTAZOCINE; PARACETAMOL PLUS TRAMADOL; PLACEBO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WARFARIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANALGESIA; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIPYRETIC ACTIVITY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ASTHENIA; BACKACHE; CONSTIPATION; DIZZINESS; DOSE CALCULATION; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER METABOLISM; NAUSEA; PAIN; PARALYTIC ILEUS; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; REVIEW; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SOMNOLENCE; TABLET FORMULATION; TOOTH PAIN; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; VASODILATATION; VOMITING; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; AREA UNDER CURVE; CLINICAL TRIALS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; IBUPROFEN; OXYCODONE; PAIN;

EID: 27644502068     PISSN: 00126667     EISSN: 00126667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00003495-200565160-00011     Document Type: Review

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