Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug

Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (often shortened to NSAIDs) are drugs that have analgesic or fever-reducing properties, but that are not based on steroids. Higher doses of such drugs can also be used to fight inflammation. Such drugs are special as they are not narcotic, that is they don't induce sleep. Well-known examples of such drugs are aspirin, diclofenac and ibuprofen.

Non-steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drug Media

Structure of the NSAID Diclofenac
Burana 600 mg – ibuprofen package
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One of the first advertisements for Bayer Aspirin, published in The New York Times in 1917
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Kolbe–Schmitt reaction mechanism

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