Single-Dose Intravenous Tramadol for Acute Migraine Pain in Adults: A Single-Blind, Prospective, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial

Clinical Therapeutics

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1441-1447

  Alemdar, Murat ^a   Pekdemir, Murat ^a   Selekler, Hamit Macit ^a  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

headache; migraine; placebo; tramadol

Indexed keywords

DICLOFENAC; METOCLOPRAMIDE; PLACEBO; TRAMADOL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRAINE; NAUSEA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHONOPHOBIA; PHOTOPHOBIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOMITING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAMADOL;

EID: 34548322721     PISSN: 01492918     EISSN: 1879114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2007.07.017     Document Type: Article

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