What Doctors Don't Tell YouNonsteroidal anti inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are commonly dispensed for the aches and pains of the elderly. A recent study, however, suggests that this group of people may be the most vulnerable ...
An aspirin a day is supposed to keep the heart attack away, and without any nasty side effects. Doctors have been recommending that people take a mini dose of aspirin around 75 mg as part of their daily regimen, along with walking the dog, putting...
I have been experiencing extreme tenderness in my lower left abdomen for some time now. My doctor has diagnosed diverticulitis and has given me a course of antibiotics. He says that in extreme cas ...
Hard on the heels of the COX-2 debacle, the US Food and Drug Administration, which somehow seems to have developed a conscience, has recently issued a Public Health Advisory targeting all non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) as worthy of...
Naproxen is an established NSAID (non steroidal anti inflammatory) drug for treating arthritis. But one of its main problems is that it can cause serious gastrointestinal problems, such as bleedi ...
Is there an alternative way of dealing with osteoarthritis, specifically spondylitis? As you are no doubt aware, orthodox medicine has no answer. In fact, following an X-ray, which established tha ...
Paracetamol and simple analgesics are probably just as effective as non steroidal anti inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) for relieving pain in osteoarthritis (OA). ...
Feldene (generic name: piroxicam) seems to be one of those drugs that people either hate or really loathe. Manufactured by Pfizer, it's a nonsteroidal anti inflammatory drug (NSAID) designed to tr ...
Rofecoxib is one of the new breed of anti-inflammatories known as COX-2 (cyclo-oxygenase-2) inhibitors that are supposed to be safer than NSAIDs such as aspirin.
It's official: low dose aspirin won't do pregnant mothers any good if they are suffering from high blood pressure or their baby's growth is retarded. ...
