A Phase III study to assess the clinical utility of low-dose fentanyl transdermal system in patients with chronic non-malignant pain

Current Medical Research and Opinion

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1493-1501

  Otis, James ^a   Rothman, Margaret ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b JOHNSON AND JOHNSON PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Duragesic; Fentanyl; Opioid; Pain; Transdermal

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL;

ADULT; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DYSPEPSIA; EDEMA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHARYNGITIS; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RASH; SOMNOLENCE; SWEATING; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VOMITING;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CHRONIC DISEASE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FENTANYL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE; SALVAGE THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748048772     PISSN: 03007995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1185/030079906X115540     Document Type: Article

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