Dose-response relationship with increasing doses of dextromethorphan for children with cough

Clinical Therapeutics

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1508-1514

  Paul, Ian M ^a,b   Shaffer, Michele L ^a   Yoder, Katharine E ^a   Sturgis, Sarah A ^a   Baker, Mark S ^a   Berlin Jr , Cheston M ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cough; dextromethorphan; dose response; sleep; upper respiratory infection

Indexed keywords

DEXTROMETHORPHAN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIZZINESS; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; INSOMNIA; MALE; NAUSEA; NERVOUSNESS; SAMPLE SIZE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STOMACH PAIN; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTITUSSIVE AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COUGH; DATA COLLECTION; DEXTROMETHORPHAN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 9644281924     PISSN: 01492918     EISSN: 1879114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-2918(04)80297-2     Document Type: Article

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