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Published in: Drugs 2/2006

01-02-2006 | Adis Drug Profile

Tramadol Sustained-Release Capsules

A Viewpoint by Sergio Canavero and Vincenzo Bonicalzi

Authors: Sergio Canavero, Vincenzo Bonicalzi

Published in: Drugs | Issue 2/2006

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The Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives estimates that pain, acute and chronic, affects 80 million Americans at a total cost of $US100 billion. The search for effective treatments, in particular effective drugs, is a priority for the pharmaceutical industry at large. This is all the more so for chronic pain management, a field where effective drugs come at a premium and surgical neuromodulatory approaches are often necessary. In this context, the two foremost challenges remain chronic back pain and the spectrum of neuropathic pain syndromes. …
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Title
Tramadol Sustained-Release Capsules
A Viewpoint by Sergio Canavero and Vincenzo Bonicalzi
Authors
Sergio Canavero
Vincenzo Bonicalzi
Publication date
01-02-2006
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Published in
Drugs / Issue 2/2006
Print ISSN: 0012-6667
Electronic ISSN: 1179-1950
DOI
https://doi.org/10.2165/00003495-200666020-00009

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