Drugs for chronic pain in children: A commentary on clinical practice and the absence of evidence

Pain Research and Management

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 47-50

  Grégoire, Marie Claude ^a   Finley, G Allen ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Child; Chronic pain; Drug treatment

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CELECOXIB; CLONIDINE; CODEINE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; FENTANYL; GABAPENTIN; IBUPROFEN; KETAMINE; LIDOCAINE; METHADONE; MEXILETINE; NABIXIMOLS; NAPROXEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; NORTRIPTYLINE; PAMIDRONIC ACID; PARACETAMOL; PREGABALIN; ROFECOXIB; ANALGESIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTHRITIS; AUTISM; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC DAILY HEADACHE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME TYPE I; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG METABOLISM; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FIBROMYALGIA; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GENETIC DISORDER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; METABOLIC DISORDER; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE INJURY; NEURALGIA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NOTE; OSTEOMYELITIS; PAIN; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PHANTOM PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SINGLE DRUG DOSE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ANALGESIA; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ANALGESICS; CHILD; CHRONIC PAIN; HUMANS; PAIN MANAGEMENT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84876021959     PISSN: 12036765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/402863     Document Type: Note

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