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nabumetone

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Noun1.nabumetone - a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Relafen)
nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug, NSAID - an anti-inflammatory drug that does not contain steroids; "NSAIDs inhibit the activity of both Cox-1 and Cox-2 enzymes"
ketone - any of a class of organic compounds having a carbonyl group linked to a carbon atom in each of two hydrocarbon radicals


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such as ketoprofen, naproxen (Anaprox, Naprosyn), tolmetin (Tolectin), diclofenac (Voltaren), nabumetone (Relafen) and indomethacin (Indocin).
To that end oral non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS) such as ibuprofen (Motrin), aproxyn (Naprosyn), sulindac (Clinoril), piroxicam (Feldene), nabumetone (Relafen), etodolac (Lodine), ketoprofen (Orudis), meloxicam (Mobic), and celecoxib (Celebrex) have been used with varying degrees of success.
Classification of NSAIDs according to COX-selective properties COX-1 selective Non-selective COX-2 selective Indomethacin Diclofenac Celecoxib Piroxicam Naproxen Etoricoxib Lornoxicam Ibuprofen Parecoxib * Tenoxicam Nabumetone Rofecoxib ([dagger]) Ketoprofen Sulindac Valdecoxib ([dagger]) Ketorolac Lumiracoxib ([dagger]) Mefenamic acid Meloxicam * Parenteral formulation only ([dagger]) Withdrawn from the market, including South Africa.
 
 
 
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