Analgesics
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Administration of high-dose interleukin-2 in a 2-year-old with metastatic melanoma.

13 Dec 2009 Malignant melanoma is rare in pediatrics, and therapies for patients with disseminated disease have not been well studied. This report describes our experience with the use of high-dose interleukin 2 (aldesleukin, IL-2) in a 2-year-old child with ... Read more...

Tonabersat, a novel gap-junction modulator for the prevention of migraine.

30 Oct 2009 Migraine is a common, recurrent, primary headache disorder associated with significant morbidity as well as high direct and indirect costs. Despite its impact, only a proportion of migraineurs who meet criteria for prophylactic treatment take ... Read more...

Tonabersat, a gap-junction modulator: efficacy and safety in two randomized, placebo-controlled, dose-ranging studies of acute migraine.

30 Oct 2009 Tonabersat is a novel benzopyran derivative that blocks the cortical spreading depression proposed to be associated with migraine attacks. The ability of single oral doses of 15, 25, 40 and 80 mg of tonabersat to relieve the symptoms of moderate to ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Analgesics'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Administration of high-dose interleukin-2 in a 2-year-old with metastatic melanoma. 13 Dec 2009
• Tonabersat, a novel gap-junction modulator for the prevention of migraine. 30 Oct 2009
• Tonabersat, a gap-junction modulator: efficacy and safety in two randomized, placebo-controlled, dose-ranging studies of acute migraine. 30 Oct 2009
• Efficacy and safety of tonabersat, a gap-junction modulator, in the acute treatment of migraine: a double-blind, parallel-group, randomized study. 30 Oct 2009
• Neurological mechanisms of migraine: potential of the gap-junction modulator tonabersat in prevention of migraine. 30 Oct 2009
• Treatment of recurrent varicose veins of the great saphenous vein by conventional surgery and endovenous laser ablation. 30 Oct 2009
• A comparison of gabapentin and ketamine in acute and chronic pain after hysterectomy. 30 Oct 2009
• Craniotomy pain: trying to do better. 30 Oct 2009
• Periprostatic nerve block (PNB) alone vs PNB combined with an anaesthetic-myorelaxant agent cream for prostate biopsy: a prospective, randomized double-arm study. 30 Oct 2009
• Pain management and sedation for children in the emergency department. 28 Oct 2009
• T-type calcium channel inhibition underlies the analgesic effects of the endogenous lipoamino acids. 19 Oct 2009
• Direct evidence for spinal cord involvement in placebo analgesia. 14 Oct 2009
• Adductor-related groin pain in recreational athletes: role of the adductor enthesis, magnetic resonance imaging, and entheseal pubic cleft injections. 29 Sep 2009
• Magnesium: an emerging drug in anaesthesia. 29 Sep 2009
• Treatment of neuropathic pain: an overview of recent guidelines. 29 Sep 2009
• Activation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase in sciatic nerve contributes to neuropathic pain after partial sciatic nerve ligation in mice. 29 Sep 2009
• [The effect of autogenic training combined with organ formula and movement therapy on spontaneous and provoked migraine headaches] 28 Sep 2009
• Neuropathic pain treatment: a further step forward. 28 Sep 2009
• Nortriptyline and gabapentin, alone and in combination for neuropathic pain: a double-blind, randomised controlled crossover trial. 28 Sep 2009
• [Adequate analgesia in the elderly patients. Good pain control cannot be a coincidence] 22 Sep 2009

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Technical information about 'Analgesics'

Definition: Compounds capable of relieving pain without the loss of CONSCIOUSNESS.

Registry Number: 0

Descriptor UI: D000700

Alternative terms: Analgesics; Anodynes; Analgesic Agents; Agents, Analgesic; Analgesic Drugs; Drugs, Analgesic; Antinociceptive Agents;

Related Mesh Headings: Anesthetics;

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage; adverse effects; analysis; antagonists & inhibitors; blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemical synthesis; classification; diagnostic use; economics; history; immunology; isolation & purification; metabolism; pharmacokinetics; pharmacology; poisoning; radiation effects; standards; supply & distribution; therapeutic use; toxicity; urine; chemistry; contraindications; agonists;

Tree Number: D27.505.696.663.850.014; D27.505.954.427.040;

Online Note: use ANALGESICS to search ANALGESICS AND ANTIPYRETICS 1966-77

History Note: 78; ANALGESICS AND ANTIPYRETICS was heading 1963-77

Technical Notes: general or unspecified; prefer specific groups