NSAID
NSAID
Definition
NSAID (en′sed′, -sād′)
noun pl. NSAIDs
Med. nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug, used as a pain reliever, as aspirin or ibuprofen
NSAID
Usage Examples
Adjective modifier
- standard: Or, use a gastroprotective agent with a standard NSAID [ NICE, 2001 ]. Or, consider using a topical NSAID.
Modifies a noun
- therapy: He advised patients against stopping NSAID therapy based on the findings.
- dose: NSAID dose is the fraction of the manufacturer's highest recommended dose.
- user: NSAID users were more likely to die: overall mortality was 20 % in NSAID users compared with 14 % in non users.
- treatment: Briefly, some 200 patients who needed NSAID treatment for musculoskeletal pain were tested for H pylori.
- effect: Cost of NSAID adverse effects to the UK National Health Service.
- drug: Green lipped muscle extract appears to have anti-inflammatory properties and may protect against the stomach side effects of NSAID drugs.
