Combination NSAID-codeine preparations and gastrointestinal toxicity

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 123, Issue 1324, 2010, Pages 92-93

  Evans, Claire ^a   Chalmers Watson, Teresa A ^b   Gearry, Richard B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODEINE; IBUPROFEN; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CASE REPORT; DUODENITIS; GASTRIC ULCER BLEEDING; GASTRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; GASTROSCOPY; HUMAN; MALE; PYLORUS STENOSIS; STOMACH ULCER; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG COMBINATION; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE;

ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CODEINE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DUODENITIS; GASTRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; STOMACH ULCER;

EID: 77958057145     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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