Safety profile of nimesulide: Ten years of clinical experience

Drugs of Today

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 41-50

  Rabasseda, Xavier ^a  

^a PROUS SCIENCE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; DICLOFENAC; ETODOLAC; FENOPROFEN; FLURBIPROFEN; IBUPROFEN; INDOMETACIN; KETOPROFEN; KETOROLAC; MECLOFENAMIC ACID; NABUMETONE; NIMESULIDE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OXAPROZIN; PIROXICAM; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; SULINDAC; TOLMETIN;

DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME INHIBITION; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RASH; RECTAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; REVIEW;

EID: 0030899368     PISSN: 16993993     EISSN: 16994019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1358/dot.1997.33.1.409119     Document Type: Review

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