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Original Article

A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 3 study of the relative efficacy and tolerability of tapentadol IR and oxycodone IR for acute pain

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Pages 1551-1561 | Accepted 07 Apr 2009, Published online: 18 May 2009

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