Demonstration of the analgesic efficacy and dose-response of acetylsalicylic acid with pseudoephedrine

Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1429-1437

  Schachtel, Bernard P ^a,b   Voelker, Michael ^b,c   Sanner, Kathleen M ^b   Gagney, Diana ^b   Bey, Mary ^b   Schachtel, Emily J ^b   Becka, Michael ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Schachtel Research Company   (United States)

^c BAYER PHARMA AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

acetaminophen; Acetylsalicylic acid; acute pain model; common cold; dose response; Lasagna Pain Scale; nasal congestion; pharyngitis; pseudoephedrine; sore throat; upper respiratory tract infection

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO; PSEUDOEPHEDRINE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHARYNGITIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHINOSINUSITIS; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SOMNOLENCE; SORE THROAT; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ASPIRIN; COMMON COLD; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NASAL DECONGESTANTS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHARYNGITIS; PSEUDOEPHEDRINE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RHINITIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINUSITIS; SYMPATHOMIMETICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649763604     PISSN: 00912700     EISSN: 15524604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0091270009360978     Document Type: Article

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