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Chemical Actions and Uses > Pharmacologic Actions > Therapeutic Uses > Anti-Inflammatory Agents > Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
Chemical Actions and Uses > Pharmacologic Actions > Therapeutic Uses > Antirheumatic Agents > Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
... > Chemical Actions and Uses > Pharmacologic Actions > Therapeutic Uses > Central Nervous System Agents > Analgesics > Analgesics, Non-Narcotic > Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
... > Chemical Actions and Uses > Pharmacologic Actions > Physiological Effects of Drugs > Peripheral Nervous System Agents > Sensory System Agents > Analgesics > Analgesics, Non-Narcotic > Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal

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Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal  

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Entry terms

  • Agent, Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory
  • Agent, Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agent, Non-Steroidal
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agent, Nonsteroidal
  • Anti Inflammatory Agents, Nonsteroidal
  • Antiinflammatory Agents, Non Steroidal
  • Antiinflammatory Agents, Nonsteroidal
  • Non Steroidal Anti Inflammatory Agent
  • Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Agent
  • Nonsteroidal Anti Inflammatory Agent
  • Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Agent
  • Non Steroidal Anti Inflammatory Agents
  • Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Agents
  • Nonsteroidal Anti Inflammatory Agents
  • Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Agents
  • Nonsteroidal Antiinflammatory Agents
  • NSAID
  • NSAIDs

Scope note

  • Anti-inflammatory agents that are non-steroidal in nature. In addition to anti-inflammatory actions, they 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. Inhibition of prostaglandin synthesis accounts for their analgesic, antipyretic, and platelet-inhibitory actions; other mechanisms may contribute to their anti-inflammatory effects.

History note

  • 87; ANALGESICS, ANTI-INFLAMMATORY was heading 1975-89

In other languages

  • NSAID

    Finnish

  • ei-steroidaalinen anti-inflammatorinen lääke
  • ei-steroidaaliset anti-inflammatoriset lääkkeet
  • non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug
  • steroideihin kuulumaton tulehduskipulääke
  • steroideihin kuulumattomat tulehduskipulääkkeet
  • Icke-steroida antiinflammatoriska medel

    Swedish

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000894

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