Controlled-release oxycodone and pregabalin in the treatment of neuropathic pain: Results of a multicenter Italian study

European Neurology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 129-137

  Gatti, Antonio ^a   Sabato, Alessandro Fabrizio ^a   Occhioni, Roberto ^b   Colini Baldeschi, Gianni ^c   Reale, Carlo ^d  

^a TOR VERGATA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b SCamillo Forlanini General Hospital   (Italy)

^c SAN GIOVANNI ADDOLORATA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

Author keywords

Combination therapy; Neuropathic pain; Oxycodone; Pregabalin

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE; OXYCODONE; PREGABALIN;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED RELEASE FORMULATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SOMNOLENCE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA; OXYCODONE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57649112878     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000186502     Document Type: Review

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