KETOPROFEN;

AN EFFECTIVE AGENT AGAINST RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS

Authors

  • Farya Zafar University of Karachi, Karachi.
  • Huma Ali Jinnah Sindh Medical University, Karachi.
  • Ghazala Raza Naqvi Federal Urdu University, Karachi.
  • Sohail Khan Ziauddin University Karachi, Pakistan.
  • Muhammad Saquib Qureshi Ziauddin University Karachi, Pakistan.
  • Huma Sharif Jinnah Sindh Medical University, Karachi.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29309/TPMJ/2017.24.01.411

Keywords:

Ketoprofen,, Rheumatoid arthritis,, Ankylosing spondylitis,, Toxicology,, and Contraindications.

Abstract

Ketoprofen is effectively useful in managing arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis,
osteoarthritis and ankylosing spondylitis. This article covers the pharmacological uses,
toxicology, contraindications, food – drug, drug-drug interactions and associated side effects of
Ketoprofen that have been reported in literature in earlier years.

Author Biographies

Farya Zafar, University of Karachi, Karachi.

B. Pharm, Pharm. D, M. Phil, Ph.D.
Associate Professor,
Department of Pharmaceutics,
Faculty of Pharmacy,

Huma Ali, Jinnah Sindh Medical University, Karachi.

B.Pharm, Pharm.D, M.Phil, Ph.D.
Associate Professor,
Department of Pharmaceutics,
Faculty of Pharmacy,

Ghazala Raza Naqvi, Federal Urdu University, Karachi.

B.Pharm, M.Phil, Ph.D (Scholar).
Assistant Professor,
Department of Pharmaceutics,
Faculty of Pharmacy,

Sohail Khan, Ziauddin University Karachi, Pakistan.

Faculty of Pharmacy, 

Muhammad Saquib Qureshi, Ziauddin University Karachi, Pakistan.

Faculty of Pharmacy, 

Huma Sharif, Jinnah Sindh Medical University, Karachi.

B.Pharm, Pharm.D, M.Phil, Ph.D.
Associate Professor,
Department of Pharmaceutics,
Faculty of Pharmacy,

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Published

2018-01-18