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. 2019 Jul-Sep;25(3):482-483.
doi: 10.4103/IJPC.IJPC_215_18.

Nefopam: Another Pragmatic Analgesic in Managing Chronic Neuropathic Pain

Abhijit S Nair  1
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Nefopam: Another Pragmatic Analgesic in Managing Chronic Neuropathic Pain

Abhijit S Nair. Indian J Palliat Care. 2019 Jul-Sep.
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Chemical structure of nefopam (Image source: National Center for Biotechnology Information. PubChem Compound Database; CID = 4450, https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/4450, [accessed Dec 31, 2018]).
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