Role of ketoprofen in pain therapy

Abstract

Inflammatory pain is the “common denominator” of several pathologies which produce patient's disability. Nonsteroidal antinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are used as first line drugs to relief this symptom. Ketoprofen is a NSAID of the propionic acid family with demonstrated efficacy in the treatment of both acute and chronic painful conditions, and a distinguished safety profile. Moreover the availability of different pharmaceutical formulations can cover a large spectrum of medical requests. Following a brief note on the usefulness of ketoprofen against several forms of acute pain, this report points out to the role of a new extended-release formulation that maintains therapeutic plasma ketoprofen concentrations for up to 24 hours. Extended-release ketoprofen is a good choice for the symptomatic treatment of various rheumatic diseases, in which a once-day administration may help improve patients’ compliance.

Keywords

• Ketoprofen
• pain
• extended release