References and links                                   

 

Pharmacology, Rang H.P, Dale M.M and Ritter J.M, 4th ed, 1999.

 

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/medmaster/a682159.html

 

http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/i1/ibuprof.asp

 

http://www.dent.ucla.edu/pic/members/analgesics/ibuprofen.html

 

http://www.mds.qmw.ac.uk/biomed/kb/pharmgloss/antiinflamm.htm

 

http://www.painforum.com/en/1/hcpangmildibu.html

Gives more information on cyclo-oxygenase and prostaglandin synthesis

 

More on how aspirin, paracetamol and ibuprofen work:

 

http://www.disprin.com/hcare/howasp/main.htm

 

Websites about ibuprofen possibly delaying onset of Alzheimer’s:

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/1644533.stm

 

http://www.painforum.com/en/1/ibualzheim.html

 

http://www.alzheimers.org.uk/Research/Cure/nsaids.htm