The topic for today is NSAIDS. I hope you know what this acronym stands for, and I hope you know even more about the topic after you read this post! First off, NSAID is an acronym that stands for Non Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug. This class of drugs has flooded the marketplace in the last twenty or thirty years. If you don't know the term NSAID, you might be aware of some of the brand or generic names of these drugs, including Aleve®, Naprosyn®, Motrin®, naproxen, and ibuprofen. But there are many more. These drugs are very effective at reducing fever, pain and inflammation. But there is more to the story... I came across a survey in recent news...in a poster session at the recent PAINWEEK conference in Las Vegas, authors cited survey results that were truly shocking. Forty-seven percent of a responders to a small online survey did not know what an NSAID was, including forty percent of responders who reported that they had taken pain medication in the last twelv
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