Clinical equivalence of controlled-release oxycodone 20 mg and controlled-release tramadol 200 mg after surgery for breast cancer

Pharmacology

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 276-281

  Kampe, Sandra ^a   Wolter, Karsten ^b   Warm, Mathias ^c   Dagtekin, Oguzhan ^d   Shaheen, Sasan ^d   Landwehr, Susanne ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b Center of Communication and Information Technology

^c Department of Gynecology ^*

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Analgesic efficacy; Breast surgery; Oxycodone; Postoperative analgesia; Tramadol

Indexed keywords

MIDAZOLAM; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED RELEASE FORMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DROWSINESS; DRUG FORMULATION; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; NAUSEA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOMITING;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OXYCODONE; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; THERAPEUTIC EQUIVALENCY; TRAMADOL;

EID: 70349599448     PISSN: 00317012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000242998     Document Type: Article

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