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Anti-inflammatory medicines
Inflammation is a natural defence mechanism of the body to help it fight off infection and repair injury. External signs of inflammation include redness, swelling, heat and pain. Sometimes a medical condition can cause inflammation inside the body. Whilst inflammation helps to protect the body, long-term (chronic) inflammation can cause problems. Corticosteroids (steroids), such as hydrocortisone and budesonide, can reduce inflammation in conditions like eczema and Crohn's disease. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) like ibuprofen, diclofenac and naproxen are used to reduce pain caused by inflammation in muscles and joints.
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- Balsalazide
- Beclometasone tablets for ulcerative colitis
- Betamethasone eye drops
- Betamethasone nose drops
- Betamethasone soluble tablets
- Budesonide rectal foam and enema
- Celecoxib capsules for pain and inflammation
- Colchicine for gout attacks
- Deflazacort tablets
- Dexamethasone
- Dexamethasone eye drops for inflammation
- Dexamethasone with antibacterial ear spray
- Dexibuprofen tablets for pain and inflammation
- Diclofenac for pain and inflammation
- Etanercept
- Etodolac for pain and inflammation
- Felbinac for pain and inflammation
- Fenoprofen tablets for pain and inflammation
- Flumetasone and clioquinol ear drops
- Fluorometholone eye drops for inflammation
- Flurbiprofen eye drops
- Flurbiprofen lozenges
- Flurbiprofen tablets for pain and inflammation
- Fluticasone for severe inflammatory skin conditions
- Hydrocortisone rectal foam
- Ibuprofen for pain and inflammation
- Indometacin for pain and inflammation
- Ketoprofen for pain and inflammation
- Loteprednol eye drops for inflammation
- Mefenamic acid for pain and inflammation
- Meloxicam for pain and inflammation
- Mesalamine
- Mesalazine
- Methylprednisolone tablets
- Nabumetone for pain and inflammation
- Naproxen tablets for pain and inflammation
- Nepafenac eye drops
- Olsalazine for ulcerative colitis
- Prednisolone
- Prednisolone ear drops
- Prednisolone eye drops for inflammation
- Prednisolone rectal foam, enema and suppositories
- Preparations for piles - containing a corticosteroid
- Rimexolone eye drops for inflammation
- Sulfasalazine
- Sulindac tablets - a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug
- Tenoxicam tablets for pain and inflammation
- Tiaprofenic acid for pain and inflammation