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SUBMITTER: Renner B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2807935 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Renner Bertold B Zacher Josef J Buvanendran Asokumar A Walter Gerrit G Strauss Jochen J Brune Kay K
Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology 20100106 2
The perioperative administration of selective cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2)-inhibitors to avoid postoperative pain is an attractive option: they show favorable gastro-intestinal tolerability, lack inhibition of blood coagulation, and carry a low risk of asthmatic attacks. The purpose of this study was to determine the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), plasma, and tissue pharmacokinetics of orally administered etoricoxib and to compare it with effect data, i.e., COX-2-inhibition in patients after hip surgery ...[more]