Sentences with phrase «of diclofenac»

The maximum daily dose of diclofenac — a prescription pain reliever — was the most effective treatment for pain and disability, the new study showed.

Investigators conducted a 5 - week effectiveness study of diclofenac topical gel, an NSAID, in 44 patients with knee OA (i.e., arthritis caused by a breakdown of the lining of the joints).

But the introduction of diclofenac could turn the dumps into a threat, Margalida notes.

After India imposed a ban on veterinary forms of diclofenac, for example, drug companies there started selling an extra-large dose, ostensibly for human use, that was the same as the dose used on cattle.

Studies in India, Pakistan, and Nepal have found extensive evidence of diclofenac, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory analgesic, in dead vultures.

Eventually, governments in the region moved to save vultures by banning veterinary uses of diclofenac.

In Nepal, undercover pharmacy checks have shown a dramatic decline in the availability of diclofenac since the nation's only zone was created in 2012, with none found inside the zone since 2014.

Not exact matches

Risk factors include: 1) age (most people are diagnosed in their 20s - 30s), 2) race or ethnicity (Caucasians have the highest risk, but IBD can occur in any race; there's an even higher risk if you are of Ashkenazi Jewish descent), 3) family history (risk is higher if a close relative has the disease), 4) cigarette smoking (the most important controllable risk factor for developing CD), 5) nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medications (includes ibuprofen [Advil, Motrin IB, others], naproxen sodium [Aleve], diclofenac sodium [Voltaren], and others), and 6) where you live (you are more likely to develop IBD if you live in an industrialized country).

Because of this highly gregarious feeding behavior, less than one percent of cattle carcasses contaminated with diclofenac could account for the steep vulture decline.

Alam is worried, however, by signs that the use of problematic alternatives to diclofenac, such as ketoprofen, is on the rise — even within safety zones.

A 2004 study estimated that diclofenac contamination of as few as one in 760 cow carcasses is enough to drive down vulture numbers.

But several of the most common alternatives to diclofenac — including ketoprofen, aceclofenac, and nimesulide — are also toxic to vultures.

In Spain, the authors of today's letter are urging the Spanish government to rescind diclofenac's approval for veterinary use under «the precautionary principle, which was recognized as a fundamental element of environmental policy at the Rio Conference of 1992.»

In 2003, researchers fingered diclofenac as the cause of the sudden and widespread disappearance of three of India's most common vultures: the white - backed, the slender - billed, and the Indian vulture.

Also, the anti-inflammatory drug diclofenac bioaccumulates in fish, but its impact is unclear, said Diana Aga, a chemistry professor and researcher at the University of Buffalo who studies emerging chemicals in the Great Lakes.

Future papers will address the potential anti-cancer uses of nitroglycerin (used to treat angina), itraconazole (a common anti-fungal), diclofenac (an over-the-counter painkiller), and clarithromycin (an antibiotic).

Examples of drugs identified as high - potential agents within the Repurposing Drugs in Oncology (ReDO) project include mebendazole, cimetidine, nitroglycerin, diclofenac and clarithromycin, among others [3].

«Regardless of dose, the prescription drug diclofenac is the most effective drug among painkillers in terms of improving pain and function in osteoarthritis,» said lead researcher Dr. Sven Trelle.

«If you are thinking of using a painkiller for osteoarthritis, you should consider diclofenac,» Trelle said, but also keep in mind that like most NSAIDs the drug increases the risk for heart disease and death.

A published human trial of BCM - 95 curcumin compared it to the prescription NSAID diclofenac sodium in rheumatoid arthritis.

What is most remarkable about the more recent study is not that turmeric curcuminoids have potent anti-inflammatory properties — there are already hundreds of studies confirming its COX - 2 reducing and otherwise anti-inflammary effects — but rather how much safer they are relative to NSAID drugs like diclofenac, which like most pharmaceutical anti-inflammatory drugs have been linked to adverse health effects such as increased cardiac mortality, miscarriage and seizure.

In practical terms, the chance of you hurting yourself with a drug like diclofenac sodium — ironically, in an attempt to reduce pain — as compared to a simple kitchen spice like turmeric, is infinitely higher.

Both the curcumin and curcumin - plus - diclofenac group experienced reductions in their erythrocyte sedimentation rate of 11.2 and 13.3 percent respectively, while the group taking only the diclofenac had a mere 8.3 percent reduction in sedimentation rate.

Indian vultures have suffered population declines of 97 - 99 %, with the annual rate of decline of 16 % in the first part of this century, all because of exposure to the drug diclofenac, given to farm animals to reduce joint pain and allow them to work longer.

As odd ad the word «diclofenac» is, it was the even stranger name of a similar drug that really made me wonder: «etoricoxib».