News tagged with anti inflammatory medication


Discovery shows medications can treat inflammation without increasing risk for infection

In a discovery that can fundamentally change how drugs for arthritis, and potentially many other diseases, are made, University of Utah medical researchers have identified a way to treat inflammation while potentially minimizing ...

Inflammatory disorders created Nov 11, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (9) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Thousands of patients prescribed high-risk drugs

Thousands of patients in Scotland who are particularly vulnerable to adverse drug events (ADEs) were prescribed high-risk medications by their GPs which could potentially cause them harm, according to research published in ...

Medications created Jun 22, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers discover why steroid treatment for COPD is ineffective

(Medical Xpress) -- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) leads to persistent inflammation of the airways and is typically managed with corticosteroids, a class of anti-inflammatory medication. However, corticosteroids ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Oct 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Ibuprofen, aspirin, other anti-inflammatory drugs reduce effectiveness of SSRI antidepressants

Scientists at the Fisher Center for Alzheimer's Disease Research at The Rockefeller University, led by Paul Greengard, Ph.D., and Jennifer Warner-Schmidt, Ph.D., have shown that anti-inflammatory drugs, which include ibuprofen, ...

Medications created Apr 25, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Topical use of arthritis drug provides relief for dry eye disease

Dry eye disease (DED) is a common condition that causes discomfort, visual disturbance and potentially damaging ocular surface inflammation that greatly impacts a person's quality of life. An estimated nine million people ...

Ophthalmology created Apr 18, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0