Do acetaminophen and an NSAID combined relieve osteoarthritis pain better than either alone?

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 501-503

  Buescher, Jennifer J ^a   Meadows, Susan ^a  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ARTHROTEC; CELECOXIB; CORTICOSTEROID; DICLOFENAC; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; NAPROXEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OMEPRAZOLE; PARACETAMOL; ROFECOXIB;

ANALGESIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM PERFORATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; REVIEW;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2942628433     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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