A Comparison of the Analgesic Efficacy of Tramadol Contramid OAD Versus Placebo in Patients with Pain Due to Osteoarthritis

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 328-338

  Burch, Francis ^a   Fishman, Ritchard ^a   Messina, Nicholas ^a   Corser, Bruce ^a   Radulescu, Florin ^a   Sarbu, Adrian ^a   Craciun Nicodin, Marcela M ^a   Chiriac, Rodica ^a   Beaulieu, André ^a   Rodrigues, Jude ^a   Beignot Devalmont, Philippe ^a   Duplan, Alain ^a   Robertson, Sybil ^a   Fortier, Louise ^a   Bouchard, Sylvie ^a  

^a RADIANT RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

analgesia; Contramid; controlled release; osteoarthritis; pain; Tramadol

Indexed keywords

CONTRAMID; PLACEBO; TRAMADOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; OPTIMAL DRUG DOSE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SOMNOLENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VERTIGO; VOMITING;

AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN; TRAMADOL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548503599     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2006.11.017     Document Type: Article

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