Dengue, bleeding and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs

Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.

[Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)].

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[Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID)].

Safety of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.

Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are widely used in medical practice for treating pain, inflammation and degenerative joint diseases (for instance, arthritis). The use of traditional NSAIDs (tNSAIDs), however, is associated with an increased risk of minor and serious gastrointestinal (GI) events. It is estimated that in the European Union thousands of gastrointestinal complication...

Non Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs and Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IBD) are an immune mediated chronic or relapsing disorders of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. IBD is characterized by a chronic intestinal inflammatory process with various components contributing to the pathogenesis of the disease including environmental factors such as smoking or use of Non Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDS). NSAIDS are among the most com...