Willow bark extract STW 33-I in the long-term treatment of outpatients with rheumatic pain mainly osteoarthritis or back pain

Phytomedicine

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 980-984

  Uehleke, B ^a,b,c   Muller J ^d   Stange, R ^a,b   Kelber, O ^d   Melzer, J ^a,b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c University of Applied Science in Health and Sports   (Germany)

^d Steigerwald Arzneimittelwerk GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Back pain; Long term study; Osteoarthritis; Rheumatic pain; Willow bark

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; DICLOFENAC; GABAPENTIN; IBUPROFEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PLANT EXTRACT; PROAKTIV; STW 33I; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BARK; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DYSPEPSIA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFESTATION; INFLUENZA; LIKERT SCALE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NAUSEA; NONARTICULAR RHEUMATISM; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATIC PAIN; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCIATICA; STOMACH DISEASE; UPPER ABDOMINAL PAIN; VIRUS INFECTION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WILLOW;

BACK PAIN; LONG-TERM-STUDY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; RHEUMATIC PAIN; WILLOW BARK;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; BACK PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT BARK; PLANT EXTRACTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SALIX; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

SALIX;

EID: 84880834035     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: 1618095X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2013.03.023     Document Type: Article

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