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Analgesia and Anti-inflammatory
Drug Information
This web site provides information on the approval process and approved
therapies for analgesia and anti-inflammatory related drugs. The
Division of Anti-inflammatory, Analgesic, and Ophthalmologic Drug Products
(DAAODP) reviews these drugs.
Analgesics are drugs that relieve pain.
Anti-inflammatories are drugs used to reduce inflammation - the
redness, heat, swelling, and increased blood flow found in infections and
in many chronic non-infective diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and
gout.
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FDA/Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
Last Updated: October 5, 2004
Originator: OTCOM/DLIS
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