[77] Intuitively, the combination of a COX-2-selective NSAID plus a proton pump inhibitor (PPI) should provide effective analgesia and further decrease the risk of upper-GI events compared to a ...
Meloxicam is an enolcarboxamide with preferential COX-2 inhibitory activity ... with placebo or other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). Overall, the efficacy of meloxicam was ...
The review of recent developments emphasizes the need for novel selective COX-2 inhibitors that possess improved safety profiles compared to existing NSAIDs, which have been linked to various ...
Basically, they increase the pain you feel. NSAIDs work on a chemical level. They block the effects of special enzymes -- specifically Cox-1 and Cox-2 enzymes. These enzymes play a key role in ...