A study on the effects of diclofenac sodium and etoricoxib in the treatment of osteo-arthritis

Journal of the Indian Medical Association

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 260-262

  Ghosh, S ^a,b   Paul, S ^a   Das, N ^a   Bhattacharyya, T K ^a  

^a NORTH BENGAL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Department of Orthopaedics ^*

Author keywords

Diclofenac sodium; Etoricoxib; Osteo arthritis

Indexed keywords

DICLOFENAC; ETORICOXIB; PLACEBO; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; SULFONE;

ADULT; ANKLE EDEMA; ARTICLE; BEDTIME DOSAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEMATEMESIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; CYCLOOXYGENASE INHIBITORS; DICLOFENAC; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PYRIDINES; SULFONES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35748971771     PISSN: 00195847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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