Palo Alto, CA - The coxib wars heated up again this week, with publication in the March 2006 issue of the American Journal of Medicine of data from a large randomized trial that found a significant ...

—Patients with CKD are advised against using opioids and NSAIDs for long-term pain. These authors attempted to address conflicting data in this area. Reviewed by Clifton M. Jackness, MD, Adjunct ...

No association seen for cumulative nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug dose with reduced dementia risk. HealthDay News — Long-term nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) use is associated with ...

Various types of pain medication can treat different pain syndromes. Each drug treats specific types of pain, such as long lasting or short-term pain. Some pain medications are available over the ...

Appropriate treatment of pain requires an understanding of the characteristics of pain, including the severity and the nature of the pain—for example, acute versus chronic pain or nociceptive versus ...

A recent study by Din et al. has demonstrated that a low dose of aspirin (75 mg per day) can decrease the incidence of colorectal cancer (CRC) after only 5 years of treatment. The study also shows ...

DALLAS, TX — Contrary to a lot of observational data and common belief even among clinicians, regular intake of naproxen entails more cardiovascular risk than ibuprofen, according to an analysis of ...

Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are drugs used to relieve pain, swelling, fever and other effects of inflammation. These are classified into multiple categories depending on where they ...

Correspondence to Dr Jiri Dvorak, Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), FIFA-Strasse 20, Zürich CH-8044, Switzerland; jiri.dvorak{at}f-marc.com The use of medication in ...

With drug overdose deaths occurring at an epidemic rate, prescription painkillers, which are blamed for many of those deaths, rightly have been garnering a lot of attention. Another type of pain ...