A randomized controlled trial comparing Pentazocine and Chamomilla recutita for labor pain relief

Homeopathy

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 66-70

  Zafar, Shamsa ^a   Najam, Yawar ^b   Arif, Zaeema ^a   Hafeez, Assad ^a  

^a HEALTH SERVICES ACADEMY   (Pakistan)

^b SHIFA INTERNATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Chamomile; Labor; Pentazocine; RCT

Indexed keywords

PENTAZOCINE; PLACEBO; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; ANALGESIC AGENT; CHAMOMILE;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LABOR PAIN; MATRICARIA RECUTITA; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PAIN INTENSITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; PREGNANCY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANALGESICS; CHAMOMILE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR PAIN; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PENTAZOCINE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84960466659     PISSN: 14754916     EISSN: 14764245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.homp.2015.09.003     Document Type: Article

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