CELECOXIB

Course overview

THE FDA RECOMMENDS CELECOXIB AND OTHER NSAIDS (NON-STEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS), ALONG WITH ACETAMINOPHEN, AS FIRST-LINE ANALGESICS FOR PATIENTS WITH OSTEOARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS. CELECOXIB ALSO HAS AN FDA INDICATION FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF ACUTE PAIN IN ADULT WOMEN AND PRIMARY DYSMENORRHEA. FURTHERMORE, THE FDA ALSO RECOMMENDS THE USE OF CELECOXIB AS AN ADJUNCT THERAPY IN PATIENTS WITH FAMILIAL ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF COLORECTAL POLYPS. THIS ACTIVITY REVIEWS THE MECHANISM OF ACTION, ADVERSE EVENT PROFILE, TOXICITY, DOSING, PHARMACODYNAMICS, AND MONITORING OF CELECOXIB, PERTINENT FOR CLINICIANS AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM TO ALLOW FOR APPROPRIATE UTILIZATION OF CELECOXIB.