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Analgesics







    Nalfon ®
    Generic : Fenoprofen

    Active Ingredients :

    Fenoprofen
    An anti-inflammatory analgesic and antipyretic highly bound to plasma proteins. It is pharmacologically similar to aspirin, but causes less gastrointestinal bleeding.

    Pharmacologic Action :

    >Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Agent
    >Cyclooxygenase Inhibitor

  • Use in Dentistry :
    Postoperative pain associated with surgery.

  • Articles :

    Cooper SA, Gelb S, Goldman E, Cohn P, Dyer C.

    Comparative efficacy of fenoprofen calcium and zomepirac sodium in postsurgical dental pain.
      (Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol. 1984 May;57(5):485-9.)
    >Abstract

    Segelman AE.

    Oral manifestations of drug therapies in the geriatric patient.
      (Dent Clin North Am. 1989 Jan;33(1):67-73.)
    >Abstract

    Davie IT, Slawson KB, Burt RA.

    A double-blind comparison of parenteral morphine, placebo, and oral fenoprofen in management of postoperative pain.
      (Anesth Analg. 1982 Dec;61(12):1002-5.)
    >Abstract

    Laska EM, Sunshine A.

    Fenoprofen and codeine analgesia.
      (Clin Pharmacol Ther. 1981 May;29(5):606-16.)
    >Abstract




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