Single dose oral naproxen and naproxen sodium for acute postoperative pain in adults

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Derry, Christopher ^a   Derry, Sheena ^a   Moore, R Andrew ^a   McQuay, Henry J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute disease; Administration, oral; Adult; Anti inflammatory agents, non steroidal *administration dosage ; Humans; Naproxen *administration dosage; analogs derivatives ; Pain, postoperative *drug therapy ; Randomized controlled trials as topic; Sodium administration dosage

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AZD 3852; BROMFENAC; CODEINE; CODEINE SULFATE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; ETORICOXIB; KETOROLAC; LUMIRACOXIB; NAPROXEN; NIMESULIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; PARACETAMOL; ROFECOXIB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALGESIA; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 70049104309     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004234.pub3     Document Type: Review

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