An evaluation of antidepressants in rheumatic pain conditions

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 371-375

  Usha Rani, P ^a   Naidu, M U R ^a   Prasad, V B N ^a   Ramesh Kumar Rao, T ^a   Shobha, J C ^a  

^a NIZAM'S INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; DICLOFENAC; FLUOXETINE; IBUPROFEN; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; GASTRITIS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; THIRST; VERTIGO; XEROSTOMIA;

ADULT; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANALGESICS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, SECOND-GENERATION; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; CHRONIC DISEASE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FLUOXETINE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PLACEBOS; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; SAFETY; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 9344248027     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199608000-00029     Document Type: Article

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