Paracetamol/Tramadol association: The easy solution for mild-moderate pain;Associazione paracetamolo/tramadolo: Nella semplicità la soluzione per il dolore lieve-moderato

Minerva Medica

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 369-390

  Mattia, C ^a   Coluzzi, F ^a   Sarzi Puttini, P ^b   Vigano R ^c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c IRCCS Galeaza Orthopaedic Institute   (Italy)

Author keywords

Analgesics; Multimodal approach; Pain; Paracetamol tramadol association

Indexed keywords

CANNABINOID; CELECOXIB; CODEINE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; CYTOCHROME P450 2D6; DICLOFENAC; HYDROCODONE; HYDROCODONE BITARTRATE PLUS PARACETAMOL; IBUPROFEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PARACETAMOL PLUS TRAMADOL; PLACEBO; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; ROFECOXIB; TRAMADOL;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANKLE SPRAIN; ANTIPYRETIC ACTIVITY; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; COMORBIDITY; CONSTIPATION; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DIZZINESS; DOSE RESPONSE; DROWSINESS; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG TOLERANCE; FIBROMYALGIA; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; KIDNEY INJURY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; LOW BACK PAIN; MCGILL PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; MIGRAINE; MONOTHERAPY; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NAUSEA; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NOCICEPTION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHONOPHOBIA; PHOTOPHOBIA; PLASMA CONCENTRATION-TIME CURVE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTTRAUMATIC PAIN; PRURITUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SHORT FORM 36; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SLEEP PARAMETERS; THORAX PAIN; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TREATMENT DURATION; VOMITING;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ACUTE DISEASE; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CHRONIC DISEASE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; PAIN; TRAMADOL;

EID: 52449130336     PISSN: 00264806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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