Acetaminophen, tramadol, or narcotic analgesics (short-term). Nonacetylated salicylates. Non-COX-2 selective NSAIDs. NSAIDs with some COX-2 activity. COX-2 selective NSAIDs. The statement says that ...

The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday ordered the painkiller Bextra off the market and wants similar prescription drugs to carry the strongest possible warnings about increased risk of heart ...

The development of selective cyclo-oxygenase 2 (COX2) inhibitors (coxibs) was intended to create a class of analgesics lacking the gastrointestinal toxicity of classical, nonselective, nonsteroidal ...

Patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease who are compliant with proton pump inhibitor therapy stay on NSAIDs longer than noncompliant patients. Study subjects were GERD patients receiving ...

Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) help reduce pain and inflammation. A list of common NSAIDs includes ibuprofen, aspirin, and naproxen. Though there are a variety of different NSAIDs ...

March 22nd, 2006 – Wilmington, DE – Results from two clinical trials, to be published in the April 2006 edition of the American Journal of Gastroenterology, indicate that NEXIUM® (esomeprazole ...

March 27, 2006 – Results from two clinical trials, to be published in the April 2006 edition of the American Journal of Gastroenterology, indicate that esomeprazole magnesium can reduce the incidence ...

Following the withdrawal of rofecoxib and valdecoxib, the discussion concerning selective cyclo-oxygenase (COX)-2 inhibitors was often characterized more by emotions than scientific evidence. In fact, ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Although all of the common strategies protect the upper gastrointestinal tract from the complications of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), popular ...

Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and steroids (see Corticosteroid Therapy) can be useful for acute pain relief in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In osteoarthritis, studies have ...