Single dose oral mefenamic acid for acute postoperative pain in adults

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Moore, R Andrew ^a   Derry, Sheena ^a   McQuay, Henry J ^a   Moore, Maura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGIFEMIN; ANALGESIC AGENT; BEAFEMIC; CONAMIC; DOLCIN; DYSMAN; DYSMEN 500; DYSPEN; FEMEN; FENAMIC; FENAMIN; FLIPAL; GANDIN; HAMITAN; HOSTAN; LYSALGO; MANIC; MEDICAP; MEFA; MEFAC; MEFACAP; MEFAMIC; MEFE BASAN; MEFEN; MEFENACIDE; MEFENAMIC ACID; MEFENAN; MEFENIX; MEFIC; MEFIN; MELUR; MEPHADOLOR; NAMIC; NAMIFEN; NAPAN; PAINNOX; PANAMIC; PEFAMIC; PINALGESIC; PLACEBO; PONAC; PONALGIC; PONDNADYSMEN; PONGESIC; PONMEL; PONNESIA; PONSTIL; PONTACID; PONTALON; PONTIN; PRONSTAN; PYNAMIC SEFMIC; SICADOL; SPIRALGIN; TANSLON; TEMPLADOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ARYLBUTYRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; FENBUFEN; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; DRUG DERIVATIVE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PIROXICAM; TENOXICAM; ACEMETACIN; INDOMETACIN;

ANALGESIA; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; EPISIOTOMY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTPARTUM PAIN; REVIEW; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; ANALGESICS; CYCLOOXYGENASE INHIBITORS; HUMANS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PHENYLBUTYRATES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; PIROXICAM; INDOMETHACIN;

EID: 84894604676     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007553     Document Type: Review

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