Tramadol and hypoglycaemia: Comparison with other step 2 analgesic drugs

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1063-1067

  Bourne, Cindy ^a,e   Gouraud, Aurore ^a,e   Daveluy, Amélie ^b,e   Grandvuillemin, Aurélie ^c,e   Auriche, Pascal ^d,e   Descotes, Jacques ^a,e   Vial, Thierry ^a,e  

^a Centre de Pharmacovigilance   (France)

^b HÔPITAL PELLEGRIN   (France)

^c Regional Pharmacovigilance Center   (France)

^d AFSSAPS   (France)

^e Association Française des Centres Régionaux de Pharmacovigilance   (France)

Author keywords

Adverse drug reaction; Analgesic drugs; Dextropropoxyphene; Hypoglycaemia; Tramadol

Indexed keywords

CODEINE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; GLUCOSE; TRAMADOL;

AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT DURATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; ANALGESICS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CODEINE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MALE; RISK FACTORS; TRAMADOL;

EID: 84875063907     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: 13652125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2012.04451.x     Document Type: Article

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