This volume is a state-of-the art resource on the recent advances and clinical management of NSAIDs and aspirin. The text provides a thorough overview of NSAIDS and aspirin, reviewing such topics as pharmacology and mechanisms, clinical effects, and the safety and efficacy of these drugs. It also focuses on the effect of the drugs on the cardiovascular system and in the prevention of GI cancer. Practical recommendations for a safe prescription of NSAIDs are also included.
Written by experts in the field, NSAIDs and Aspirin: Recent Advances and Implications for Clinical Management is a comprehensive text of great value to gastroenterologists, rheumatologists, cardiologists, oncologists, orthopedists, trauma and internal medicine specialists.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Chemistry, Pharmacodynamics, and Pharmacokinetics of NSAIDs. - Principles, Mechanisms of Action, and Future Prospects of Anti-Inflammatory Drugs. - Efficacy of NSAIDs in the Treatment of Rheumatic Diseases. - Adverse Effects of NSAIDs in the Gastrointestinal Tract: Risk Factors of Gastrointestinal Toxicity with NSAIDs. - Adverse Effects of NSAIDs on the Cardiovascular System. - Safe Prescription of NSAIDs in Clinical Practic. - NSAIDS and Aspirin: Recent Advances and Implications for Clinical Management. - Non-Prescription Analgesic Anti-inflammatory Drugs: Efficacy and Safety. - Low-Dose Aspirin in the Cardiovascular System. - Adverse Effects of Low-Dose Aspirin in the Gastrointestinal Tract. - Aspirin in the Treatment and Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease: Need for Individual Clinical Judgments. - Molecular and Experimental Basis for COX-Inhibition in Cancer. - Clinical Effects of NSAIDs and Coxibs in Colon Cancer Prevention. - Aspirin and the Prevention of Colorectal Cancer. - A Rational Approach for the Use of NSAIDs and/or Aspirin in Cancer Prevention in the Near Future: Balancing Risk and Benefits .
