The role of tramadol ER in the treatment of chronic pain

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1531-1543

  Rosenberg, M T ^a  

^a Mid Michigan Health Centers Jackson   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANALGESIC AGENT; CELECOXIB; CODEINE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; FENTANYL; HYDROCODONE; HYDROMORPHONE; IBUPROFEN; METHADONE; MORPHINE; NAPROXEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE DERIVATIVE; PARACETAMOL; ROFECOXIB; TRAMADOL; ULTRAM ER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DELAYED RELEASE FORMULATION; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; COST OF ILLNESS; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; EXTENDED RELEASE FORMULATION; FATIGUE; FLUSHING; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEADACHE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INSOMNIA; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY PAPILLA NECROSIS; LOW BACK PAIN; NAUSEA; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; REVIEW; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP DISORDER; SOMNOLENCE; STROKE; VOMITING; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DELAYED RELEASE FORMULATION; DISABLED PERSON; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PATIENT SELECTION; SLEEP DISORDERS; SOCIOECONOMICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CHRONIC DISEASE; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; DISABLED PERSONS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PATIENT SELECTION; SLEEP DISORDERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRAMADOL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349239111     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: 17421241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-1241.2009.02161.x     Document Type: Review

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