Nimesulide: The current controversy

Indian Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 121-122

  Thawani, V ^a   Sontakke, S ^a   Gharpure, K ^a   Pimpalkhute, S ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NIMESULIDE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM ULCER; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG MISUSE; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; KIDNEY FAILURE; LETTER; LIVER INJURY; LIVER TOXICITY; PARESTHESIA; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; POSTMARKETING SURVEILLANCE; REYE SYNDROME; SIDE EFFECT; STOMATITIS; THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; URTICARIA; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0037383588     PISSN: 02537613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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