A week or two of an NSAID may be sufficient to control a flare-up.
Cleft palates should receive adequate doses of paracetamol and possibly oral codeine or NSAID's after twelve hours.
If an NSAID is not available, acetaminophen (Tylenol) may help ease the pain.
It is not called for when the NSAID is being used for a short period of time or in patients with other risk factors.
Non-steroid anti-inflammatory (NSAID) drugs, such as ibuprofen or naproxen used to manage pain and inflammation can also aggravate psoriasis.
Or, use a gastroprotective agent with a standard NSAID [NICE, 2001 ]. Or, consider using a topical NSAID.
Their medical history included atrial fibrillation, congestive cardiac failure and a NSAID induced GI bleed.
Three trials with 433 patients comparing topical with oral NSAID found no difference in efficacy.
Two of three trials showed corticosteroid injection to be better than NSAID.
Two of two showed NSAID plus lidocaine injection to be better than lidocaine injection to be better than lidocaine alone.