Where are the new cough treatments: A debriefing of recent clinical proof-of-concept trials with the NOP agonist SCH 486757

Pharmacology

Volumn 88, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 50-54

  McLeod, Robbie L ^a   Tulshian, Deen B ^a   Sadeh, Jonathan ^a  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cough treatment; Nociceptin orphanin FQ peptide agonist; SCH 486757

Indexed keywords

8 [BIS(2 CHLOROPHENYL)METHYL] 3 (2 PYRIMIDINYL) 8 AZABICYCLO[3.2.1.]OCTAN 3 OL; ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; CODEINE; NOCICEPTIN RECEPTOR AGONIST; PLACEBO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; COUGHING; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTITUSSIVE AGENTS; AZABICYCLO COMPOUNDS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CODEINE; COUGH; DEXTROMETHORPHAN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOGS; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; OPIOID PEPTIDES; PYRIMIDINES; RATS; RECEPTORS, OPIOID;

EID: 79960263591     PISSN: 00317012     EISSN: 14230313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000328782     Document Type: Article

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