Nimesulide: A selective cyclooxygenase 2 inhibitor antiinflammatory drug

Drugs of Today

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 365-384

  Rabasseda, Xavier ^a  

^a PROUS SCIENCE   (Spain)

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Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CARPROFEN; DICLOFENAC; FLURBIPROFEN; IBUPROFEN; INDOMETACIN; MELOXICAM; NAPROXEN; NIMESULIDE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; PIROXICAM; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; SALICYLATE SODIUM; SULINDAC; TOLFENAMIC ACID; TOLMETIN;

ANALGESIA; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ENZYME INHIBITION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS; RECTAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; REVIEW; ULCEROGENESIS;

EID: 0029830666     PISSN: 16993993     EISSN: 16994019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1358/dot.1996.32.5.381680     Document Type: Review

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