Name: Use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) as immunomodulatory agents
Creator: James N. Fullerton
Keywords: Male, 0301 basic medicine, 0303 health sciences, 03 medical and health sciences, Cardiovascular Diseases, Gastrointestinal Diseases, Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal, Osteoarthritis, Humans, Female

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 09 Aug 2013 English Publisher:BMJJournal:BMJ, volume 347, pages f4984-f4984 (eissn: 1756-1833,

Authors: James N. Fullerton;

doi: 10.1136/bmj.f4984

pmid: 23935082

Use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) as immunomodulatory agents

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I was delighted to see the BMJ Therapeutics series covering non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents—a class of drugs that has perhaps been unfairly maligned and shunned recently.1 Although the article focused on the use of these drugs as analgesics, they can be used as immunomodulatory agents. Clinicians commonly associate prostaglandins, the predominant downstream product of cyclo-oxygenase action on …

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Male, Cardiovascular Diseases, Gastrointestinal Diseases, Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal, Osteoarthritis, Humans, Female, Low Back Pain

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