What to Expect: NSAID therapy
By Dr. Kofi Silva, MD · · Pharmacy
Our Pharmacy team put together this overview of NSAID therapy for patients and families.
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Topic: NSAID therapy. Treatment with an anti-inflammatory drug that is not a steroid. In addition to anti-inflammatory actions, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs have analgesic, antipyretic, and platelet-inhibitory actions. They act by blocking the synthesis of prostaglandins by inhibiting cyclooxygenase, which converts arachidonic acid to cyclic endoperoxides, precursors of prostaglandins.
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