Oral steroids in initial treatment of acute sciatica

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 469-474

  Holve, Richard L ^a   Barkan, Howard ^b  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; ETODOLAC; HYDROCODONE; IBUPROFEN; MORPHINE; NABUMETONE; NAPROXEN; OXYCODONE; PLACEBO; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISABILITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ISCHIALGIA; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; WELLBEING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREDNISONE; SCIATICA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 53249088226     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2008.05.070220     Document Type: Article

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