Letters to the Editor: The dwindling need for selective COX-2 inhibitors

Research-agenda Bias: letters to the editor

Challenges for "National Blood Pressure Control Program": letters to the editor

According to medical studies, cardiovascular diseases are the most common and most important risk factor for mortality and disability in Iran. Hence, the National Blood Pressure Control Program was implemented throughout the country from May 17, 2018 (coinciding with the World Blood Pressure Control Day) to July 6th. One of the important issues in blood pressure screening is the correct diagnos...

2-aryl quinolines related to some nsaids are selective cox-2 inhibitors

Cox-2-selective inhibitors: the new super aspirins.

Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) such as aspirin or ibuprofen are commonly used for the occasional headache or fever or to reduce soreness and inflammation resulting from work or exercise. However, many individuals who have rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis depend on these drugs to reduce pain and to restore sufficient flexibility in inflamed joints to permit normal day-to-da...

Anaphylaxis to selective COX-2 inhibitors: an unexpected culprit

Case Report 1 Male, 40 years-old, non-atopic, who was hospitalized due to anaphylactic shock (nausea, vomiting, dyspnea, hypoxia and hypotension) 30 minutes after etoricoxib intake for low-back pain. He was hospitalized 6 months earlier due to acute respiratory insufficiency with mechanical ventilation of unknown etiology that he later related to etoricoxib intake 60 minutes before. He tolerate...