Medication Library

Block COX enzymes to cut pain, fever, and inflammation at the source.

Treats: Pain · Arthritis · Fever · Dysmenorrhea

Lowers pain and fever through the brain — no anti-inflammatory or bleeding effect.

Treats: Pain · Fever · Osteoarthritis (first-line)

Bind opioid receptors to blunt severe pain — powerful, and the reason for the overdose epidemic.

Treats: Moderate-severe acute pain · Cancer pain · Palliative care

Ease painful muscle spasm — most work by sedating the central nervous system.

Treats: Acute low back spasm · Spasticity (baclofen, tizanidine) · Malignant hyperthermia (dantrolene)

Two jobs: calm the acute flare, and lower uric acid long-term to prevent the next one.

Treats: Acute gout flare · Chronic gout (urate-lowering)

Disease-modifying drugs that slow joint destruction in rheumatoid and related arthritis.

Treats: Rheumatoid arthritis · Psoriatic arthritis · Ankylosing spondylitis

Slow bone breakdown or build new bone to prevent fractures.

Treats: Osteoporosis · Fracture prevention · Paget disease