Milnacipran effects on 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure and heart rate in fibromyalgia patients: A randomized, placebo-controlled, dose-escalation study

Current Medical Research and Opinion

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 589-597

  Trugman, Joel M ^a   Palmer, Robert H ^a   Ma, Yimin ^a  

^a FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring; Fibromyalgia; Milnacipran; Safety

Indexed keywords

MILNACIPRAN; PLACEBO; CYCLOPROPANE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HEADACHE; HEART PALPITATION; HEART RATE; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TACHYCARDIA; VITAL SIGN; VOMITING; YOUNG ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG EFFECTS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; CYCLOPROPANES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84896477971     PISSN: 03007995     EISSN: 14734877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1185/03007995.2013.861812     Document Type: Article

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