Pain & Anti-inflammatories
This range covers pain and anti-inflammatory medicines, from NSAID tablets such as Celebrex, Mobic and Diclofenac to corticosteroids like Deltasone and muscle relaxants including Flexeril.
Diclofenac Tablets
50mg · 100mg
Diclofenac tablets for joint pain and arthritis. They block the enzymes that create inflammation.
Prednisolone Tablets
5mg · 10mg · 20mg · 40mg
Prednisolone tablets for inflammatory conditions and allergies. It dampens the immune response, so it should be tapered off rather than stopped abruptly.
Etodolac Tablets and Capsules
200mg · 300mg · 400mg
Etodolac capsules for osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. They are an NSAID that reduces joint pain and swelling.
Voveran Sr
100mg
Diclofenac tablets for osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. It reduces inflammation by blocking chemical messengers that cause pain.
Aristocort
4mg · 10mg · 15mg · 40mg
Triamcinolone tablets for inflammation and allergic conditions. The dose must be reduced gradually, as the body needs time to resume natural steroid production.
Low Dose Naltrexone Capsules
1.5mg
Naltrexone capsules for fibromyalgia and fatigue in multiple sclerosis. This low dose is far below the addiction-treatment amount.
Prilox Cream
2.5% + 2.5% 30g
Lidocaine and prilocaine cream for numbing the skin before injections or small procedures. It is a topical anaesthetic, not a treatment for underlying conditions.
Azulfidine
500mg
Sulfasalazine tablets for rheumatoid arthritis and ulcerative colitis. It cleaves into two parts in the bowel, each acting in a different way.
Aceclofenac Tablets
100mg
Aceclofenac tablets for osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. As an NSAID, prolonged use may affect kidney function.
Key points
- NSAIDs reduce pain and inflammation together, and several different oral and topical ingredients fall into this one group.
- Managing pain is often handled separately from treating whatever caused it, rather than as a single step.
- Muscle relaxants, migraine medicines and local anaesthetics work through different routes to NSAIDs, so they are not simple substitutes for each other.
NSAIDs, corticosteroids and disease-modifying medicines
Celebrex, Mobic, Diclofenac tablets, Ponstel, Etodolac, Indocin, Voveran SR, Arcoxia, Feldene, Toradol, aceclofenac and Ansaid form the main non-steroidal anti-inflammatory group in this range, most often used for joint pain such as Osteoarthritis. Prednisolone and Arava sit here for a related reason: one is an oral corticosteroid and the other a disease-modifying medicine, and both calm inflammation rather than act as direct painkillers.
Muscle relaxants, migraine medicines and topical anaesthetics
Flexeril, Robaxin, Lioresal, Baclosign and Tizacare all ease muscle spasm rather than joint or nerve pain, using several different muscle relaxant ingredients, including baclofen in Lioresal and Baclosign. Imitrex and Rizact treat migraine attacks specifically, a separate pain pattern from joint or muscle pain.
Prilox Cream and Xylocaine are applied to the skin to numb an area directly, using lidocaine or a lidocaine-prilocaine combination instead of an oral medicine. A handful of products, including Rhinocort, Pirfenex, Pletal and Periactin, are grouped into this collection because of a different condition, such as a breathing, circulation, nerve or allergy problem, rather than for pain relief itself.
Further reading
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