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  2. Dressler syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Other NSAIDs, though once used to treat Dressler syndrome, are less advocated and should be avoided in patients with ischemic heart disease. One NSAID in particular, indomethacin, can inhibit new collagen deposition, thus impairing the healing process for the infarcted region. Other NSAIDS should be used only in cases refractory to aspirin.

  3. Chlorzoxazone - Wikipedia

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    Chlorzoxazone is a centrally acting muscle relaxant used to treat muscle spasm and the resulting pain or discomfort. It can also be administered for acute pain in general and for tension headache (muscle contraction headache).

  4. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug - Wikipedia

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    NSAID identification on label of generic ibuprofen, an over-the-counter non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs [1] [3] (NSAID) [1] are members of a therapeutic drug class which reduces pain, [4] decreases inflammation, decreases fever, [1] and prevents blood clots.

  5. Acute pericarditis - Wikipedia

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    The preferred NSAID is ibuprofen because of rare side effects, better effect on coronary flow, and larger dose range. [15] Depending on severity, dosing is between 300 and 800 mg every 6–8 hours for days or weeks as needed. An alternative protocol is aspirin 800 mg every 6–8 hours. [14] Dose tapering of NSAIDs may be needed.

  6. Postpericardiotomy syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Although no current drug on the market prevents post-pericardiotomy syndrome, colchicine seems to provide an effective and safe way to treat pericarditis by reducing inflammation. [6] Colchicine is a natural product extracted from plants, and is a secondary metabolite (an organic compound not directly related to growth and development in an ...

  7. Ibuprofen - Wikipedia

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    Example of some 200 mg ibuprofen tablets A 150 ml bottle (100 mg/5 ml dosage) of ibuprofen, sold in Greece. Ibuprofen is used primarily to treat fever (including postvaccination fever), mild to moderate pain (including pain relief after surgery), painful menstruation, osteoarthritis, dental pain, headaches, and pain from kidney stones.

  8. Lysine acetylsalicylate - Wikipedia

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    Lysine acetylsalicylate, also known as aspirin DL-lysine or lysine aspirin, is a more soluble form of acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin). As with aspirin itself, it is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) with analgesic, anti-inflammatory, antithrombotic and antipyretic properties. [ 1 ]

  9. Rofecoxib - Wikipedia

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    Analyses in 2011 and 2013 by McGettigan and the Coxib and traditional NSAID Trialists (CNT) Collaborators, respectively, demonstrated that the risk of serious CV events was a dose dependent effect of COX-2 selective and nonselective NSAIDs, with the possible exception of naproxen, and high therapeutic doses of nonselective NSAIDs (e.g ...