NSAIDS-COMPARISON

ANTI INFLAMMATORY PROPERTIES 

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✨BETTER THAN NAPROXEN :

🔹Flurbiprofen

🔹Indomethacin

✨GOOD:

🔹Naproxen

🔹Fenoprofen

🔹Ketoprofen

🔹Tiaprofenic acid

🔹Diclofenac

🔹Aceclofenac

🔹Etodolac

🔹Nabumetone

🔹Piroxicam

🔹Tenoxicam

🔹Etoricoxib

✨WEAK:

🔹Ibuprofen

🔹Mefenamic acid

SIDE EFFECTS 

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✨FEWER SIDE EFFECTS 

🔹 Ibuprofen 

✨GREATER THAN IBUPROFEN

🔹 Naproxen

🔹 Fenoprofen(GI)

🔹 Flurbiprofen(GI)

🔹 Ketoprofen

🔹 Diclofenac

🔹 Aceclofenac

🔹 Sulindac

🔹 Tenoxicam

✨HIGH

🔹 Indomethacin

🔹 Piroxicam 

✨HIGH RISK OF RASH

🔹 Fenbufen

✨SEVERE CYSTITIS

🔹 Tiaprofenic Acid

✨DIARRHOEA & HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA

🔹 Mefenamic acid

✨LOW G.I.; BUT HIGH C.V. EFFECTS

🔹 Celecoxib

🔹 Etoricoxib

Reference: 

Medicines Optimisation Academy 

British National Formulary