Assessment of the Efficacy and Safety Profiles of Aspirin and Acetaminophen With Codeine: Results From 2 Randomized, Controlled Trials in Individuals With Tension-Type Headache and Postoperative Dental Pain

Clinical Therapeutics

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 138-148

  Gatoulis, Sergio C ^a,b   Voelker, Michael ^c   Fisher, Matt ^a  

^a BAYER CORPORATION   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BAYER PHARMA AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acetaminophen; Aspirin; Codeine; Dental pain; Headache

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CODEINE; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DYSPEPSIA; DYSPHAGIA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; NAUSEA; PARESTHESIA; PHARYNGITIS; SIDE EFFECT; SOMNOLENCE; SWEATING; TENSION HEADACHE; TONGUE EDEMA; TOOTH PAIN; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VOMITING; XEROSTOMIA;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ASPIRIN; CODEINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; TENSION-TYPE HEADACHE; TIME FACTORS; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856176663     PISSN: 01492918     EISSN: 1879114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2011.11.018     Document Type: Article

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