minor anti-inflammatory activity.

The term nonsteroidal, common from around 1960, distinguishes these drugs from corticosteroids, another class of anti-inflammatory drugs, which during the 1950s had acquired a bad reputation due to overuse and side-effect problems after their introduction in 1948.

NSAIDs work by inhibiting the activity of cyclooxygenase enzymes (the COX-1

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