NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs)

By the abbreviation NSAID, we mean a set of substances with anti-inflammatory, analgesic and antipyretic effects with a non-steroidal molecular structure. These substances compete with arachidonic acid to bind cyclooxygenase (COX), an enzyme responsible for the first step in the production of numerous molecules involved in the inflammatory process (inflammation). The so-called arachidonic acid cascade […]