nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug

Noun
  1. An anti-inflammatory drug that does not contain steroids (synset 103834005)
    "NSAIDs inhibit the activity of both Cox-1 and Cox-2 enzymes"
    is a type of: anti-inflammatory, anti-inflammatory drug - a medicine intended to reduce inflammation
    subtypes:
    • cataflam, diclofenac potassium - a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Cataflam)
    • diclofenac sodium, voltaren - a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Voltaren) that is administered only orally
    • diflunisal, dolobid - nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory (trade name Dolobid) used to treat arthritis and other inflammatory conditions
    • etodolac, lodine - a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Lodine)
    • fenoprofen, fenoprofen calcium, nalfon - a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Nalfon) used in the treatment of arthritis and other painful inflammatory disorders
    • ansaid, flurbiprofen - a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Ansaid) that is administered only orally
    • advil, ibuprofen, isobutylphenyl propionic acid, motrin, nuprin - a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory and analgesic medicine (trade names Advil and Motrin and Nuprin) used to relieve the pain of arthritis and as an antipyretic
    • indocin, indomethacin - a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Indocin)
    • ketoprofen, orudis, orudis kt, oruvail - nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Orudis or Orudis KT or Oruvail)
    • ketorolac, torodal - nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory (trade name Torodal) that is given only orally
    • acular, ketorolac tromethamine, toradol - nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Acular and Toradol) that is administered only intramuscularly
    • meclofenamate, meclofenamate sodium, meclomen - a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory (trade name Meclomen) used to treat arthritis
    • mefenamic acid, ponstel - a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory and analgesic drug (trade name Ponstel) used to treat mild pain (especially menstrual cramps)
    • nabumetone, relafen - a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Relafen)
    • naprosyn, naproxen - a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Naprosyn) used in the treatment of arthritis and musculoskeletal inflammation and moderate pain
    • aflaxen, aleve, anaprox, naproxen sodium - a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trademarks Aleve and Anaprox and Aflaxen) that fights pain and inflammation
    • daypro, oxaprozin - a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Daypro)
    • feldene, piroxicam - a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Feldene) used to treat arthritis and other inflammatory conditions
    • clinoril, sulindac - a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Clinoril)
    • tolectin, tolmetin sodium - a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Tolectin)
    • salicylate - a salt of salicylic acid (included in several commonly used drugs)
    same as: nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory, nsaid

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