Dipyrone News

NSAIDs Pose Death Risk for Heart-Attack Patients

People who have survived a first heart attack have a higher risk of dying or having a second heart attack if they are taking non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), including the newer class called cox-2 inhibitors.

Painkillers tied to risk of erectile dysfunction

Regardless of the reason for taking them, painkillers classified as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) apparently increase the likelihood that middle-aged and elderly men will develop erection difficulties, according...

Anti-Inflammatories Ward Off Parkinson’s –Study

Islamabad: Regular use of anti-inflammatory drugs appears to lower the risk of developing Parkinson’s disease, perhaps by protecting brain cells that would otherwise die, researchers said.

 

Imported Drugs Raise Safety Concerns

Selene Seguros Rios was 18 months old in 1999 when she received two injections of a pain and fever drug called Neo-Melubrina (dipyrone) in an illegal backroom clinic in Tustin, Calif. That was 20 years after the Food and Drug...

To use or not to use dipyrone? Or maybe, Central Station versus ER? That is the question…

Dipyrone is a kind of pyrazolone derivative sold as an over-the-counter painkiller, which is very popular in Brazil. Its use has become so impregnated in our lives that, in a scene in the movie "Central Station", the character...

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