Management of Pain in Cancer Patients with Oral Mucositis: Follow-Up of Multiple Doses of Doxepin Oral Rinse

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 111-114

  Epstein, Joel B ^a   Epstein, Joshua D ^b   Epstein, Matthew S ^c   Oien, Hal ^d   Truelove, Edmond L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d Private General Dental Practice   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BENZYDAMINE; DOXEPIN; FENTANYL; LIDOCAINE; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; PERCOCET;

ADULT; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER THERAPY; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOPOIETIC CELL; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MOUTH EXAMINATION; MOUTH PAIN; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NEUTROPENIA; ORAL MUCOSITIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DOXEPIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MOUTHWASHES; PAIN; STOMATITIS;

EID: 33846608673     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2006.11.002     Document Type: Letter

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