According to a survey, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents were the most popular analgesic used in South Africa for management of peri-operative pain, acute post-operative pain and chronic pain. The most popular non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents are flunixin meglumine and phenylbutazone. The most popular opioid type drug is buprenorphine, followed by morphine. In the peri-operative sett...

Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs have been clearly shown to increase the chances of peptic ulcer and its complications. Risk factors associated with this propensity are as yet poorly and inconsistently defined. Clinicians have long accepted that non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) treatment may cause peptic ulcer and its complications. In assessing the chances it is necessary to d...

Drug histories were obtained from 76 patients at the time of initial Eder-Puestow dilatation for benign oesophageal stricture. Six patients had consumed drugs known to cause oesophageal ulceration (emepronium bromide and potassium preparations). Of the remaining 70 patients, 22 had regularly taken a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug before the onset of dysphagia compared with 10 patients in ...

tooth pulpal nerves include sympathetic and sensory nerves that originate from trigeminal ganglion .from the terminal of these sensory nerves neuropeptides are secreted that are neuromodulators and neurotransmitters. one of them is cgrp (calcitonin gene-related protein) which has a vasodilatory effect on pulpal vessels. near abscess and moderate injuries, this neuropeptide can lead to neural fi...

The effects of three non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, ibufenac, sulindac and mepirizole, on the renal excretion of sulfamethizole in rats were investigated, in order to clarify the mechanisms involved. The clearance ratio of sulfamethizole was markedly decreased after infusion of ibufenac, while sulindac or mepirizole had no effect on the clearance ratio of sulfamethizole. From this resul...