Single dose oral paracetamol (acetaminophen) with codeine for postoperative pain in adults

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Toms, Laurence ^a   Derry, Sheena ^a   Moore, R Andrew ^a   McQuay, Henry J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acetaminophen *administration dosage; adverse effects ; Administration, oral; Adult; Analgesics, non narcotic *administration dosage; adverse effects ; Analgesics, opioid *administration dosage; adverse effects ; Codeine *administration dosage ; Drug therapy, combination; Human; Pain, postoperative *drug therapy

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANALGESIC AGENT; BUTALBITAL; CAFFEINE; CODEINE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DICLOFENAC; DIFLUSINAL; ETORICOXIB; FLURBIPROFEN; HYDROCODONE; HYDROCODONE BITARTRATE; IBUPROFEN; KETOPROFEN; KETOROLAC; MECLOFENAMATE SODIUM; MECLOFENAMIC ACID; NAPROXEN; PARACETAMOL; PIROXICAM; PLACEBO; ROFECOXIB; TRAMADOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZOMEPIRAC;

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 70049118770     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD001547.pub2     Document Type: Review

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