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NSAIDs and Steroids
About the drugs
Question | Answer |
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What does NSAID stand for? | Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs |
What does the Inflammatory Process consist of? | Increasing the blood supply to infected or traumatized areas, increasing the migration of leukocytes, increasing the activity of cells engulfing/destroying envaders. |
How do NSAID's work? | They inhibit an enzyme called cycloxygenase (cox) therefore decreasing discomfort and pain associated with infection |
What is a Cox inhibitor? | Cycloxygenase (cox) inhibitors control the production of prostaglandins which is linked to inflammation and pain. There are 2 types |
How do steroids work? | They block the action of the enzyme phospholipase reducing the inflammatory process and therefore pain |
What are the two types of steroids? | Mineralcorticoids and Glucocorticoids |