Assessment: Symptomatic treatment for muscle cramps (an evidence-based review): Report of the Therapeutics and Technology Assessment Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology

Neurology

Volumn 74, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 691-696

  Katzberg, Hans D ^a   Khan, Ahmir H ^a   So, Yuen T ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BACLOFEN; BROMIDE; CARBAMAZEPINE; DILTIAZEM; ETIRACETAM; GABAPENTIN; HYDROQUININE; HYDROQUININE HYDROBROMIDE; LIDOCAINE; MAGNESIUM CITRATE; NAFTIDROFURYL; NAFTIDROFURYL OXALATE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PLACEBO; QUALAQUIN; QUININE DERIVATIVE; QUININE SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERAPAMIL; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ABORTION; ACRAL NECORIS; ACRAL NECROSIS; ANOXIA; BITTER DISO; BLEEDING TENDENCY; BLURRED VISION; CINCHONISM; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG SAFETY; EAR DISEASE; ESOPHAGITIS; EVENING DOSAGE; FALLING; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPOGLYCEMIA; LICHEN PLANUS; LIMB SWELLING; LIVER TOXICITY; LUNG EDEMA; MUSCLE CRAMP; NAUSEA; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NECROSIS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PANCYTOPENIA; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PSYCHOSIS; REMISSION; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN TINGLING; STRETCHING EXERCISE; TASTE DISORDER; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; TINNITUS; TREMOR; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 77649110497     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181d0ccca     Document Type: Article

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