Irrelevance of the WHO analgesic ladder for managing rheumatic pain

Joint Bone Spine

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-3

  Bannwarth, Bernard ^a  

^a BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

NSAIDs; Opioids; Paracetamol; Rheumatic pain; WHO analgesic ladder

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE PLUS PARACETAMOL; GLUCOCORTICOID; IXPRIM; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; PARACETAMOL PLUS TRAMADOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTHRITIS; CONSTIPATION; DRUG EFFICACY; EDITORIAL; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; GOUT; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; LOW BACK PAIN; NAUSEA; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; RHEUMATIC POLYMYALGIA; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TENDINITIS;

ANALGESIA; ANALGESICS; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 73649085105     PISSN: 1297319X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2009.11.001     Document Type: Editorial

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