Effects of an opioid (oxycodone/paracetamol) and an NSAID (bromfenac) on driving ability, memory functioning, psychomotor performance, pupil size, and mood

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 499-504

  Verster, Joris C ^a   Veldhuijzen, Dieuwke S ^a   Volkerts, Edmund R ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Analgesics; Driving; Memory; Mood; Oxycodone

Indexed keywords

BROMFENAC; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRIVING ABILITY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PUPIL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEDATION;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ADULT; AFFECT; ANALGESICS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BENZOPHENONES; BROMOBENZENES; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; OXYCODONE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PUPIL; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33748461429     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ajp.0000202981.28915.b2     Document Type: Article

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