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Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors Summary

Description: Compounds or agents that combine with cyclooxygenase (PROSTAGLANDIN-ENDOPEROXIDE SYNTHASES) and thereby prevent its substrate-enzyme combination with arachidonic acid and the formation of eicosanoids, prostaglandins, and thromboxanes.

Also Known As: Cyclo-Oxygenase Inhibitors; Inhibitors, Cyclo-Oxygenase; Inhibitors, Cyclooxygenase; Inhibitors, Prostaglandin Synthase; Inhibitors, Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthase Show All >>

Networked: 424 relevant articles (32 outcomes, 33 trials/studies) for this Bio-Agent

Key Diseases for which Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors is Relevant

  1. Inflammation : 5 outcomes 4 studies in 46 results
  2. Pain (Aches) : 3 outcomes 2 studies in 24 results
  3. Asthma (Bronchial Asthma) : 2 outcomes 1 study in 11 results
  4. Rheumatic Diseases (Rheumatism) : 2 outcomes in 3 results
  5. Neoplasms (Cancer) : 1 outcome 6 studies in 37 results
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Drugs Related to Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors

  1. Indomethacin (Indometacin)
  2. Aspirin (Acetylsalicylic Acid)
  3. Lipoxygenase (Lipoxygenase-1)
  4. Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases (Cyclooxygenase)
  5. Opioid Analgesics (Opioids)
  6. N-Methylaspartate (NMDA)
  7. Ibuprofen (Motrin)
  8. Dinoprostone (PGE2)
  9. Prostaglandins
  10. Lipoxygenase Inhibitors
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Therapies Related to Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors

  1. Chemoprevention
  2. Drug Therapy (Chemotherapy)
  3. Immunotherapy
  4. Transplants (Transplant)
  5. Heterologous Transplantation (Xenotransplantation)
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