NSAIDs have been shown to provide rapid relief of inflammatory back pain and stiffness, as well as improving physical function, say the researchers.
Ketoprofen is generally prescribed for arthritis-related inflammatory pains or severe toothaches that result in the inflammation of the gums.
One major advantage of the formalin assay over other models of inflammatory pain is the limited duration (approximately 1 hour) of the response.
Of course, not all chronic pain is neuropathic - there is inflammatory pain, for example, or muscular pain.
If chronic pain in FBSS has a chemical component producing inflammatory pain, then prior to additional surgery it may make sense to use an anti-inflammatory approach.
Other biological actions have been reported, with therapeutical potential such as a reduction in inflammatory pain.
During this investigation inflammatory pain was induced on rats using formalin.
He recently characterized a phenomenon described as retrograde sensitization of the primary sensory neuron, which emphasizes the importance of the peripheral component of the inflammatory pain.
Though acetaminophen is used to treat inflammatory pain, it is not generally classified as an NSAID because it exhibits only weak anti-inflammatory activity.
It also has potential use in the treatment of inflammatory pain, neuropathic pain, and depression.