Acetaminophen (paracetamol) for the common cold in adults

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2013, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Li, Siyuan ^a   Yue, Jirong ^a   Dong, Bi Rong ^a   Yang, Ming ^a   Lin, Xiufang ^a   Wu, Taixiang ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO; PSEUDOEPHEDRINE;

COMMON COLD; COUGHING; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALAISE; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RHINORRHEA; SCORING SYSTEM; SIDE EFFECT; SNEEZING; SOMNOLENCE; SORE THROAT; SUBJECTIVE SYMPTOM SCORE; SWEATING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WELLBEING; XEROSTOMIA; ADULT; RHINITIS; NASAL OBSTRUCTION;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ADULT; COMMON COLD; HUMANS; NASAL OBSTRUCTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RHINITIS;

EID: 84891644031     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD008800.pub2     Document Type: Review

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