The clinical and laboratorial evaluation of transdermal ketamine, fentanyl, clonidine or their combination in chronic low back pain Evaluación clínica y de laboratorio de cetamina transdérmica, del fentanyl transdérmico, de la clonidina transdérmica o de sus asociaciones en el dolor lumbar crónico Avaliação clínica e laboratorial da cetamina transdérmica, do fentanil transdérmico, da clonidina transdérmica ou suas associações na dor lombar crônica

OBJECTIVES: chronic low back pain may result in central sensitization, with involvement of different receptors. The aim of this study was to evaluate the analgesic action of transdermal (T) ketamine (a NMDA antagonist), clonidine (an α2-agonist), fentanyl (an opioid agonist), or their combi...

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Main Authors: Gabriela Rocha Lauretti, Márcio Matsumoto, Anita Leocádia de Mattos, Vera Lanchote, Newton Lindolfo Pereira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Coluna (SBC) 2009-12-01
Series:Coluna/Columna
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1808-18512009000400016