Oral medications in the treatment of acute low back pain

Occupational Medicine - State of the Art Reviews

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 151-166

  Lipetz, Jason S ^a   Malanga, Gerard A ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b KESSLER INSTITUTE FOR REHABILITATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CENTRAL MUSCLE RELAXANT; COLCHICINE; GLUCOCORTICOID; NARCOTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; REVIEW;

ANALGESICS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; COLCHICINE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MUSCLE RELAXANTS, CENTRAL; NARCOTICS;

EID: 33748963837     PISSN: 0885114X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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