They are designed to cause less side effects in patients than the more common non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS).
The only current treatments for osteoarthritis are painkillers and non-steroidal anti-inflammatories, which are also given to dull pain.
Celebrex treats pain as well as other NSAIDS, or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, such as ibuprofen, naproxen and aspirin.
Davos is deep, broad, steroidal, overhyped, and still relevant for the random, interdisciplinary connections that get made there.
While no one would fault the volunteers' goals, not everybody is thrilled with their steroidal approach to the holidays.
Voltaren, manufactured by Novartis (nyse: NVS - news - people), is an older, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug.
Prescriptions for non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in Denmark are for relatively large doses, equivalent to 400mg or 600mg of ibuprofen.
Diclofenac is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug whose veterinary use on livestock in South Asia has grown rapidly in recent years.
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Nasonex, a steroidal nasal spray used to treat allergies, is also losing market share, although Hassan hopes he can turn that around.
Yes, playing in New York adds a steroidal layer of media hyperbole.
Some were given a regular dose of the type of painkillers called "non-steroidal anti-inflammatories" - which include ibuprofen and aspirin, while the rest were not.
In a statement handed out to reporters, Merck said that the class effect might extend beyond these Cox-2 inhibitors, to many older non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.
Compared to the older, more traditional non-steroidal anti-inflammatory, it's almost surely at least as effective and at least as safe, but it's off patent, so it's not being pushed the same way.
As a value manager operating in a pumped up steroidal type market, it has been harder and harder to find good opportunities, but opportunity comes to those who wait and have patience!
Who has yet to see the sunny Samsung commercial in which a doting James pours Lucky Charms for his young sons, drives past celebrating Miami kids in a steroidal Jeep and pops into the Escobar Barber Shop for a triumphant cut?
These compounds, by virtue of their mode of action, were deemed to be as potent arthritis pain relievers as traditional non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) such as ibuprofen and naproxen, but were believed to be safer than NSAIDs since they caused less gastrointestinal distress.
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One of the four drugs used on this horse was a common form phenylbutazone that you probably recognize as as a Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug used for pain management in horses as ubiquitously used only through veterinarian controlled pharmaceutical sale to horse owner or trainer.
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