IBUPROFEN, A DRUG USED IN PAIN, INFLAMMATION AND FEVER

Abstract

Ibuprofen is a non-steroidal antiinflammatory drug (NSAID) derived from propionic acid, used on a large scale both in adults and children for the treatment of pain, fever and inflammation of different etiologies. Many randomized clinical trials controlled against placebo or active substances support the efficacy of ibuprofen, administered alone or in combinations, single or repeated dose, in these pathological states. Literature safety data show that ibuprofen is one of the most utilized NSAIDs owing to its efficacy and reduced adverse events profile.

Keywords

• ibuprofen
• pain
• inflammation
• fever
• children
• paracetamol
• otalgia
• sore throat