Prolonged cutaneous analgesia with transdermal application of amitriptyline and capsaicin

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 236-240

  Colvin, Anna Christin ^a   Wang, Chi Fei ^a   Soens, Mieke A ^a   Mitani, Aya A ^a   Strichartz, Gary ^a   Gerner, Peter ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; CAPSAICIN; VANILLOID RECEPTOR 1;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE REFLEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN TOXICITY; TRANSDERMAL PATCH;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANALGESIA; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; CAPSAICIN; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIME FACTORS; TRANSDERMAL PATCH;

EID: 79955606617     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e31820c2c30     Document Type: Article

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