Neuropathic pain

Acta Clinica Croatica

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 359-365

  Bašić Kes, Vanja ^a   Zavoreo, Iris ^a   Bosnar Puretić, Marijana ^b   Ivanković, Mira ^b   Bitunjac, Milan ^c   Govorí, Valbona ^d   Demarin, Vida ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELFARE   (Croatia)

^b Dubrovnik General Hospital   (Croatia)

^c DR JOSIP BEN EVI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRISHTINA   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Drug therapy combination; Neuralgia drug therapy; Pain treatment; Pain measurement, analgesics therapeutic use

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CAPSAICIN; CARBAMAZEPINE; CITALOPRAM; CLOMIPRAMINE; DESIPRAMINE; DULOXETINE; FLUOXETINE; GABAPENTIN; IMIPRAMINE; LAMOTRIGINE; MAPROTILINE; NORTRIPTYLINE; OPIATE; PAROXETINE; PLACEBO; PREGABALIN; TOPICAL AGENT; TRAMADOL; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; VALPROIC ACID; VENLAFAXINE;

AGITATION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALLODYNIA; ANOREXIA; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMA; CONFUSION; CONSTIPATION; DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC PAINFUL NEUROPATHY; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DROWSINESS; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FEVER; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FATIGUE; FLUSHING; GAIT DISORDER; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEADACHE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; HYPERHIDROSIS; HYPERREFLEXIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPONATREMIA; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MYOCLONUS; NAUSEA; NERVE COMPRESSION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NEUROPATHY; NEUROSURGERY; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; RADICULOPATHY; REVIEW; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; RIGIDITY; SEDATION; SHIVERING; SIDE EFFECT; SOMNOLENCE; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA; VOMITING; WEAKNESS; XEROSTOMIA;

HUMANS; NEURALGIA;

EID: 74049118306     PISSN: 03539466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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