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© Military Pharmacy and Medicine • 2012 • 4 • 33 – 50Jerzy Z. Nowak: Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) in …OphthalmologyNon-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) inophthalmology: pharmacological and clinical characteristicsJerzy Z. NowakDepartment of Pharmacology, Chair of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology ofMedical University of Lodz, PolandAuthor’s address:Jerzy Z. Nowak, Department of Pharmacology, Medical University, ul. Żeligowskiego 7/9. 90-752 Łódź, Poland;phone: (+48) 42 6393290, e–mail: jerzy.nowak@umed.lodz.plReceived: 2012.10.28 • Accepted: 2012.11.22 • Published: 2012.12.08Summary:Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are widely used in the treatment of inflammation andpain of different origins. Although NSAIDs differ in their structures, their mechanism of action is similar.The therapeutic target of NSAIDs is cyclooxygenase (COX), occurring as two isoenzymes: COX-1(a constitutive enzyme) and COX-2 (an inducible enzyme, expressed in the course of the inflammatoryprocess). Being a component of prostaglandin H synthase (PGHS), COX catalyzes the first step oftransformations of arachidonic acids into prostaglandins (of the D, E and F series), prostacyclin (PGI2)and thromboxanes — all products characterized by diverse biological activities; some of them havingpro-inflammatory action, some being involved in pain mediation. The registered NSAIDs are a numerousfamily of drugs, with vast majority available as products for systemic use (per os, per rectum, intramuscularor intravenous injections) and external use (ointments); only a few products are intended forintraconjunctival administration (ophthalmic products). Active substances used in ophthalmic NSAIDsinclude indomethacin (the active substance in the first ophthalmic drug), suprofen (currently not used),flurbiprofen, pranoprofen, ketorolac, diclofenac, bromfenac and nepafenac. Ophthalmic NSAIDs currentlyavailable in Poland include: Indocollyre (indomethacin; at present rarely used drug), Dicloabak,Difadol 0,1% and Naclof (all containing diclofenac), Yellox (bromfenac) and Nevanac (nepafenac); thetwo latter compounds have only recently become available in Poland. Therapeutic indications may differslightly between individual drugs, but generally they include prevention and treatment of cystoid macularedema after cataract surgery, inhibition of intra-operative miosis during cataract surgery, reductionof pain and photophobia after refractive surgery, and, in addition, treatment of allergic conjunctivitis(mainly ketorolac-containing products). This article provides a critical review of NSAIDs used in medicaltherapy with particular focus on ophthalmic preparations.Key words: Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, NSAID, ophthalmic preparations,therapeutic indications.IntroductionNon-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID)are popular medications commonly prescribedby physicians and well known to patients. Manyhttp://military.isl-journals.comof such drugs are available without prescription,which contributes to the massive use of suchproducts as aspirin, ibuprofen and paracetamol— a drug closely related to the NSAID family,33

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