Efficacy of 12 Hourly Controlled-Release Condeine Compared with as Required Dosing of Acetaminophen Plus Codeine in Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain

Martin E Hale; Kevin L Speight; Zoltan Harsanyi; Tad Iwan; N Susan Slagle; Peter G Lacouture; Andrew C Darke

doi:10.1155/1997/546061

Pain Research and Management (Jan 1997)

Efficacy of 12 Hourly Controlled-Release Condeine Compared with as Required Dosing of Acetaminophen Plus Codeine in Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain

Martin E Hale,
Kevin L Speight,
Zoltan Harsanyi,
Tad Iwan,
N Susan Slagle,
Peter G Lacouture,
Andrew C Darke

Affiliations

Martin E Hale: Park Place Therapeutic Center, Plantation, Florida, USA
Kevin L Speight: Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
Zoltan Harsanyi: Purdue Frederick, Pickering, Ontario, Canada
Tad Iwan: The Purdue Frederick Company, Norwalk, Connecticut, USA
N Susan Slagle: The Purdue Frederick Company, Norwalk, Connecticut, USA
Peter G Lacouture: Purdue Frederick, Pickering, Ontario, Canada
Andrew C Darke: Purdue Frederick, Pickering, Ontario, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/1997/546061
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 1
pp. 33 – 38

Abstract

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OBJECTIVE: To compare pain relief and stability of pain control in patients with chronic low back pain treated with scheduled 12 hourly doses of controlled-release codeine or as required doses of a fixed combination of acetaminophen and codeine.

Published in Pain Research and Management

ISSN: 1203-6765 (Print); 1918-1523 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/7040

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