A four arm, double blind, randomized and placebo controlled study of pregabalin in the management of post-burn pruritus

Burns

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 24-29

  Ahuja, Rajeev B ^a   Gupta, Gaurav K ^a  

^a LOK NAYAK HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Gabapentin; Itch; Post burn pruritus; Pregabalin

Indexed keywords

CETIRIZINE; COCONUT OIL; GABAPENTIN; PHENIRAMINE MALEATE; PREGABALIN; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DROWSINESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASSAGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REMISSION; SKIN PRURITUS; SLEEP; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WELLBEING;

ADULT; ANALGESICS; ANTI-ALLERGIC AGENTS; BURNS; CETIRIZINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HISTAMINE H1 ANTAGONISTS, NON-SEDATING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHENIRAMINE; PLANT OILS; PRURITUS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872035884     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: 18791409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2012.09.016     Document Type: Article

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