Flupirtine is a safe alternative drug in patients with hypersensitivity to NSAIDs

European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 961-963

  Treudler, Regina ^a   Pohle, Katja ^a   Simon, Jan Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CELECOXIB; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; DICLOFENAC; DIPYRONE; FLUPIRTINE; IBUPROFEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO; TRAMADOL; TRYPTASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; BONE PAIN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS TOLERANCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DYSPNEA; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN TEST; TONGUE DISEASE; TOOTH PAIN; URTICARIA;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMINOPYRIDINES; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054780098     PISSN: 00316970     EISSN: 14321041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00228-011-1022-7     Document Type: Letter

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