Nitroglycerin 0.4% ointment vs placebo in the treatment of pain resulting from chronic anal fissure: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study

BMC Gastroenterology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Berry, Scott M ^a   Barish, Charles F ^b   Bhandari, Raj ^c   Clark, Gemma ^d   Collins, Gregory V ^e   Howell, Julian ^d   Pappas, John E ^f   Riff, Dennis S ^g   Safdi, Michael ^h   Yellowlees, Ann ⁱ  

^a CRC of Jackson   (United States)

^b WAKE RESEARCH ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^c Delta Research Partners LLC   (United States)

^d ProStrakan Pharmaceuticals Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^e Charlotte Clinical Research   (United States)

^f Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center   (United States)

^g Advanced Clinical Research Institute   (United States)

^h not available   (United States)

ⁱ Quantics Consulting Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical Trial; Fissure In Ano; Nitroglycerin; Pain

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO; ANALGESIC AGENT; OINTMENT;

ADULT; ANAL PAIN; ANALGESIA; ANUS DISEASE; ANUS FISSURE; ARTICLE; CELIAC DISEASE; CHRONIC ANAL FISSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINUSITIS; SKIN FISSURE; SKIN PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; HEADACHE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; OINTMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FISSURE IN ANO; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGLYCERIN; OINTMENTS; PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879476612     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471230X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-230X-13-106     Document Type: Article

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