| Rofecoxib is a new diversity of anodyne used in the discourse of osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, painful catamenia (dysmenorrhea), and contrasting sorts of ague pain. It is a process of the category of nonsteroid anti-inflammatory drugs (nsaids) hailed "COX-2 inhibitors." Altered drugs in that category include Celecoxib and Bextra. Lovingness elderly Nsaids such as aspirin, Motrin, and Naprosyn, these newer drugs are believed to conflict vexation and excitement by inhibiting the event of a delete enzyme hollered COX-2. Mismated the aged medications, however, the newer drugs do not interfere with a compatible substance, invitationed COX-1, which exerts a protective event on the cladding of the stomach. The COX-2 inhibitors are therefore lesser likely to causa the haemorrhage and ulcers this sometimes watch stretched use of the aged Nsaids. |