Nimesulide Drug Information

Nimesulide medication developed by Helsinn Healthcare is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug, indicated for painful inflammatory conditions, back pain, dysmenorrhea, postoperative pain, osteoarthritis, and fever.

Nimesulide tablets are authorised in a number of Member States. They are only available with a prescription.

It also used for the treatment of

• Skin Tone
• Heart Disease
• Dry Skin

It posses anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties. it’s an ethical medicine suggested to use medicine beneath authorised physician supervision.

Nimesulide is also available in the form of dissolving tablets, granules for oral suspension, and Gel. The fast dissolving tablets of Nimesulide contains superdisintegrants, which accelerates the disintegration of tablets by virtue of their ability to absorb large amount of water when exposed to aqueous environment.

The Nimesulide Tablets are highly effective in reducing pain, inflammation and also helps in better penetration of the antibiotics.

Forms of Nimesulide Tablet

Nimesuilde is a pain killer NSAIDs drug is the best prescribed drug for treatment of acute pain, Primary dysmennorhea and also to treat degenerative joint disease.

Nimesulide drug was launched in Italy for the first time as Aulin and Mesulid in 1985 and is presently available in more than 50 countries worldwide with different trademarks.

Its multifactorial mode of action gives it a unique and broad action on inflammatory processes.

It has superior gastrointestinal safety as compared to other NSAIDs. It is an analgesic and antipyretic in action, other than its anti inflammatory action.

Unlike, other NSAIDs, the chemical structure of Nimesulide does not contain a carboxylic group but a sulfonanilide moiety as the acidic group.

Apart from tablet the drug- Nimesulide is also available in various forms such as in the form of Gell, powder, and suppositories. It’s also available in various brand names of Sulide, Nimalox, Nimesil, Nimulid, Nicip, Nimcap, Nise, Sulidene and Zolan e.t.c.

The Nimulid Transgel a brand from Nimesulide Transdermal Gel is indicated for post-traumatic inflammation, acute musculoskeletal disorders including sprains, strains, tendinitis, tenosynovitis, low back pain, periarthritis (shoulder pain) and osteoarthritis (joint pains), stiffness.

As with all drugs, therapy appropriateness when using Nimesulide is of out most importance to safeguard patient’s health and guarantee the product’s therapeutic value.

Nimesulide is available in the dosage of 100 mg for tablets, 100 mg for granules for oral suspension, 200mg for suppositories and 3% of gel. And the prescribed duration to use is for 15 days.