Update on antiinflammatories

Abstract

The presence of pain secondary to trauma, inflammation, osteodegenerative pathologies, or muscle pathologies are very common clinical manifestations, and in the face of this symptomatology, the use of anti-inflammatories and analgesics is a daily habit. The population selfmedicates with these drugs, ignoring the pathophysiological mechanisms and possible adverse reactions of these drugs. In this update on anti-inflammatories from the Arterial Hypertension Committee of the Argentine Federation of Cardiology, the classification, pathophysiology and mechanisms of action of non-steroidal anti-inflammatories, their effects on blood pressure, cardiovascular, cerebrovascular and renal disease, and fundamentally, cardiovascular safety will be reviewed.