For many years, nonsteroidal inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) have been the first choice of doctors to control the joint swelling and inflammation associated with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Almost everyone ...

Dallas, TX - Patients taking COX-2 inhibitors or other NSAIDs after an MI were up to five times more likely to die than patients not taking these drugs in a new Danish study. The study, reported at ...

A startling new preprint research paper posted to the medRxiv* server warns against the use of commonly used non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) belonging to the category of cyclooxygenase ...

Two new review studies evaluating the safety of the pain-relieving medications selective cyclooxygenase 2 (COX-2) inhibitors and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) find increased ...

An active comparator observational study concludes that avoiding NSAIDs and choosing acetaminophen because of potential VTE ...

The FDA issued a public health advisory on Thursday summarizing the agency’s recommendations concerning the use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug products (NSAIDs), including COX-2 drugs, both ...

THE LAUNCH OF THE CYCLOOXYGENASE-2 (COX-2) selective NSAIDs was based on 2 hypotheses: (1) the major adverse effects limiting the usefulness of nonselective NSAIDs are gastrointestinal in nature and ...

NEW ORLEANS, LA—Ten years in the making, with more than two out of three patients dropping out of the study, the PRECISION trial has found that the COX-2 inhibitor celecoxib is as safe—from a ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com. Back to Healio The recent withdrawal of rofecoxib and ...

Dr. Berchman Austin Vaz answers the question: 'NSAIDs For Osteoarthritis Pain?' — -- Question: What is an NSAID and how is it used to treat pain resulting from osteoarthritis? Answer: NSAIDs are ...