Novel anti-inflammatory drugs in hypertension

Cannabinoids as novel anti-inflammatory drugs.

Cannabinoids are a group of compounds that mediate their effects through cannabinoid receptors. The discovery of Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) as the major psychoactive principle in marijuana, as well as the identification of cannabinoid receptors and their endogenous ligands, has led to a significant growth in research aimed at understanding the physiological functions of cannabinoids. Cannabi...

Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.

Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are usually defined as those agents that inhibit one or more reactions involved in the production of prostaglandins and thromboxanes, important mediators of the inflammatory process in many organs and tissues. They find use in horses in the supportive treatment of a variety of systemic states and painful musculoskeletal or soft tissue conditions. T...

Anti-inflammatory drugs in psychiatry.

Nervous and immune system interact through many different messenger substances such as neurotransmitters, cytokines or neuropeptides. For instance, neuropeptides are capable of affecting the metabolism of cells belonging to the immune system. Conversely, cytokines such as tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha, interferon (IFN)-alpha and IFN-gamma, contribute to the receptor resistance of neuropepti...

Anti-Inflammatory Activity of a Selection of Antidepressant Drugs

      Anti-inflammatory activity has been reported for a few of antidepressant drugs and in contrary sertraline has potentiated inflammation. In this study, anti-inflammatory effect of a collection of antidepressant drugs belonging to different classes was evaluated to help a rational selection of these drugs in disease conditions such as association of depression or anxiety with inflammatory d...

Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.