Topical NSAIDS for chronic muskuloskeletal pain in adults

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Derry, Sheena ^a   Massey, Thomas ^b   Moore, R Andrew ^a   McQuay, Henry J ^a   Moore, Maura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b KEBLE COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUFEXAMAC; CAPSAICIN; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; DICLOFENAC; ETOFENAMATE; FELBINAC; FENTIAZAC; FEPRADINOL; FEPRAZONE; FLUFENAMIC ACID; FLUNOXAPROFEN; IBUPROFEN; INDOMETACIN; ISONIXIN; KETOPROFEN; KETOROLAC; NAPROXEN; NIFLUMIC ACID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OXYPHENBUTAZONE; PHENINDIONE; PIKETOPROFEN; PIROXICAM; PLACEBO; PRANOPROFEN; RUBEFACIENT; SUXIBUZONE; TROMETAMOL; UFENAMATE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EMBASE; HUMAN; MEDLINE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; PRESCRIPTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOPICAL TREATMENT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 55049088512     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007400     Document Type: Review

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