The second generation of COX-2 inhibitors: What advantages do the newest offer?

Drugs

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 33-45

  Stichtenoth, Dirk O ^a   Frölich, Jürgen C ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELECOXIB; CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; CYTOCHROME P450 2C19; CYTOCHROME P450 2C9; CYTOCHROME P450 3A; CYTOCHROME P450 3A4; ETORICOXIB; LUMIRACOXIB; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARECOXIB; PROSTANOID; ROFECOXIB; VALDECOXIB;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG STRUCTURE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; PAIN; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PHARMACODYNAMICS; PROTEIN BINDING; REVIEW; SODIUM RETENTION; STOMACH HEMORRHAGE; STOMACH ULCER; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOGENICITY; TISSUE REPAIR; WATER RETENTION;

CLINICAL TRIALS; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITORS; CYCLOOXYGENASE INHIBITORS; DICLOFENAC; DRUG INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; ISOXAZOLES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PROSTAGLANDIN-ENDOPEROXIDE SYNTHASES; PYRIDINES; SULFONAMIDES; SULFONES;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 3A;

EID: 0037249213     PISSN: 00126667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00003495-200363010-00003     Document Type: Review

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