Ibuprofen is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory analgesic. Its anti-inflammatory, analgesic and antipyretic effect is good, has less adverse reactions. Nowadays, it has already widely used in the world, and is to become one of the most popular over-the-counter medications in the world, and is listed as antipyretic analgesic three pillars products with aspirin, acetaminophen.
Ibuprofen was co-found by Dr Stewart Adams (later became a professor and was awarded a MBE) and his leadership team, scientific research expert CoLinBurrows, chemical expert Dr John Nicholson. The original research purpose was invention of a "super aspirin", to replace drug of aspirin with less serious adverse reactions for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. And other drugs, such as Bute, has a greater risk of agranulocytosis occurred; Corticosteroid drugs, larger dosage than ordinary prescription dose brings the adrenal suppression and other adverse reactions, such as high risk of gastrointestinal ulcers, etc. Adams decided to find a drug with good gastrointestinal tolerance, this feature for all classes of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (nsaids) are particularly important on the current.
