Efficacy and safety profile of a topical methyl salicylate and menthol patch in adult patients with mild to moderate muscle strain: A randomized, double-blind, parallel-group, placebo-controlled, multicenter study

Clinical Therapeutics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 34-43

  Higashi, Yoshinobu ^a   Kiuchi, Takehito ^a   Furuta, Kenichi ^a  

^a HISAMITSU PHARMACEUTICAL CO INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

analgesic efficacy; menthol; methyl salicylate; pain relief; topical analgesia

Indexed keywords

ANTIPRURITIC AGENT; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; MENTHOL; PLACEBO; SALICYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SALICYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIPRURITICS; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTHOL; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PLACEBOS; SALICYLATES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPRAINS AND STRAINS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 77952312030     PISSN: 01492918     EISSN: 1879114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2010.01.016     Document Type: Article

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