Cyclooxygenase-2 Inhibitors

Update on cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors.

Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs represent the most commonly used medications for the treatment of pain and inflammation, but numerous well-described side effects can limit their use. Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitors were initially touted as a therapeutic strategy to avoid not only the gastrointestinal but also the renal and cardiovascular side effects of nonspecific nonsteroidal anti-in...

Synthesis and Effects of 4,5-Diaryl-2-(2-alkylthio-5-imidazolyl) Imidazoles as Selective Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors

Objective(s) In recent years highly selective COX-2inhibitors were withdrawn from the market because of an increased risk of cardiovascular complications. In this study we were looking for potent compounds with moderate selectivity for cox-2. So, four analogues of 4, 5-diaryl-2-(2-alkylthio-5-imidazolyl) imidazole derivatives were synthesized and their anti-inflammatory and anti-nociceptive ac...

Cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors in aspirin-sensitive asthma.

Cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors: promise or peril?

The discovery of two isoforms of the cyclooxygenase enzyme, COX-1 and COX-2, and the development of COX-2-specific inhibitors as anti-inflammatories and analgesics have offered great promise that the therapeutic benefits of NSAIDs could be optimized through inhibition of COX-2, while minimizing their adverse side effect profile associated with inhibition of COX-1. While COX-2 specific inhibitor...

Cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors and cardiovascular thromboembolic events.

iate discriminant analysis did not select V5 or V6 as leads in which ST-segment shift distinguished patients with acute LMCA obstruction from patients with acute obstruction of the left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD). Therefore, we do not consider ST-segment depression in leads V5 and V6 to be a characteristic finding in “LMCA AMI patients.” The findings of our patients indicated tha...