Tramadol in neuropathic pain after spinal cord injury a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 177-184

  Norrbrink, Cecilia ^a,b   Lundeberg, Thomas ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Neuropathic pain; Pain; Spinal cord injury; Tramadol

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PLACEBO; TRAMADOL; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; ALLODYNIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP PATTERN; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SWEATING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY DYSFUNCTION; VOIDING DYSFUNCTION; XEROSTOMIA; ADOLESCENT; AGED; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN MEASUREMENT; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TRAMADOL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649207623     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e31818a744d     Document Type: Article

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