Analgesic efficacy of French maritime pine bark extract in dysmenorrhea: An open clinical trial

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 828-832

  Kohama, Takafumi ^a   Suzuki, Nobutaka ^b   Ohno, Satoshi ^b   Inoue, Masaki ^b  

^a Keiju Medical Center   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Analgesia; Dysmenorrhea; Pycnogenol

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANALGESIC AGENT; DICLOFENAC; IOXOPROFEN; PLANT EXTRACT; PYCNOGENOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACNE; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BARK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG CAPSULE; DYSMENORRHEA; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; METRORRHAGIA; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; TONGUE DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; ANALGESIA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DYSMENORRHEA; FEMALE; FLAVONOIDS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 7244234583     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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