Salicylate-containing rubefacients for acute and chronic musculoskeletal pain in adults

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2017, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Derry, Sheena ^a   Matthews, Paul R L ^b   Wiffen, Philip J ^a   Moore, R Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b North Kildare Community Mental Health Services   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ETOFENAMATE; FEPRADINOL; HERBACEOUS AGENT; PLACEBO; RUBEFACIENT; SALICYLIC ACID; IRRITANT AGENT; SALICYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

BACKACHE; BURSITIS; CHRONIC PAIN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MUSCLE STRAIN; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NUMBERS NEEDED TO HARM; NUMBERS NEEDED TO TREAT; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SPRAIN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; META ANALYSIS; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; IRRITANTS; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SALICYLATES;

EID: 84922239026     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007403.pub3     Document Type: Review

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