Friday, December 4, 2015

Nimesulide Forms

Nimesulide Forms and Its Uses

The best prescribed Nimesulide tablet is used for the treatment of acute pain, Primary dysmennorhea and also to treat degenerative joint disease.

Forms: A variety of Nimesulide forms are available in the market like in the form of tablets and syrup for oral administration and gels for topical application.

Dose: Nimesulide is available with the dosage of 100 mg for tablets, 100 mg for granules for oral suspension, 200mg for suppositories and 3% of gel.

Nimesulide tablets exerts less gastrointestinal adverse effects than other NSAIDs. It is available in different brands in worldwide among 50 countries.

Nimesulide is soluble in organic solvents such as ethanol, DMSO, and dimethyl formamide (DMF).

Nimesulide transdermal gel is a well tolerated novel hydroalcoholic microcarrier based drug delivery system with penetration enhancer, indicated for a variety of conditions characterized by pain, inflammation and stiffness, such as osteoarthritis, periarthritis, post-traumatic or acute musculoskeletal disorders including tendinitis, tenosynovitis, sprains, strains and low back pain.

Solubility of Nimesulide was studied using different cosolvent mixtures and various classes of non-ionic surfactant. Solubility increased drastically (>70 mg/rnl) when polyethylene glycol 300 and polyethylene glycol 400 were used as solvents.

The quick dissolving tablets of Nimesulide contains superdisintegrants, that accelerates the disintegration of tablets by virtue of their ability to soak up great deal of water once exposed to binary compound surroundings.

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