Onset of analgesia of a paracetamol tablet containing sodium bicarbonate: A double-blind, placebo-controlled study in adult patients with acute sore throat

Clinical Therapeutics

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1273-1278

  Burnett, Ian ^a   Schachtel, Bernard ^b   Sanner, Kathleen ^b   Bey, Mary ^b   Grattan, Tim ^a   Littlejohn, Sonya ^a  

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Schachtel Research Company   (United States)

Author keywords

acetaminophen; analgesia; onset of action; pain; paracetamol; sore throat

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOOD DRUG INTERACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SAMPLE SIZE; SEX RATIO; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SORE THROAT; TABLET FORMULATION; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ACUTE DISEASE; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHARYNGITIS; SODIUM BICARBONATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750196640     PISSN: 01492918     EISSN: 1879114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2006.09.009     Document Type: Article

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