When it comes to managing mild pain at home, there’s a strong probability you’ve already got a few types of OTC anti-inflammatories stocked in your medicine cabinet. Ibuprofen (Advil or Motrin), ...
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Aspirin and ibuprofen are NSAIDs and are used to reduce or relieve pain, but they can come with some pretty serious side effects if not used as instructed. Advil, Aleve, Aspirin ...
NSAIDs block an enzyme called COX to reduce pain and inflammation. NSAIDs should be used at the lowest dose and for the shortest time possible. Celebrex is the only COX-2 inhibitor available in the ...
So there I was at midnight, night after night, my neck pain screeching at a 10+++ on a scale of 10, popping ibuprofen by the handful, dutifully worrying about the well-known dangers of a ...
Patients on antithrombotics after an acute myocardial infarction (MI) will face a greater risk for bleeding and secondary cardiovascular (CV) events if they start taking any non-aspirin nonsteroidal ...
(Boston)—Osteoarthritis affects 600 million people worldwide, making it a leading cause of disability. With no disease-modifying treatments available or on the horizon, oral non-steroidal ...
For people with kidney disease, acetaminophen (Tylenol) is often the preferred OTC pain relief option, but it should be taken at the lowest effective dose and not exceed 3,000 mg per day. Of all the ...