Nimesulide Medicine for Osteoarthritis

Nimesulide medicine for Osteoarthritis

Nimesulide drug was launched in Italy for the first time as Aulin and Mesulid in 1985 and is presently available in more than 50 countries worldwide with different trademarks.

Nimesulide is used for the treatment of post-traumatic inflammation, acute musculoskeletal disorders including sprains, strains, tendinitis, tenosynovitis, low back pain, periarthritis (shoulder pain) and osteoarthritis (joint pains), stiffness.

Nimesulide brands such as Sulide, Nimalox, Nimesil, Nimulid, Nicip, Nimcap, Nise, Sulidene and Zolan.

It has superior gastrointestinal safety as compared to other NSAIDs.

It is an analgesic and antipyretic in action. Its multifactorial mode of action gives it a unique and broad action on inflammatory processes.



Nimesulide also improves the skin tone and to increase in energy levels. Food, gender and advanced age have negligible effects on Nimesulide pharmacokinetics.

Unlike, other NSAIDs, the chemical structure of nimesulide does not contain a carboxylic group but a sulfonanilide moiety as the acidic group.

It undergoes extensive biotransformation and has a relatively rapid onset of action, with meaningful reductions in pain and inflammation observed within 15 minutes from drug intake.

Nimesulide is contraindicated in children below 12 years and in patients suffering from liver problems.

Nimesulide Benefits

The main purpose of using Nimesulide

• To treat acute pain
• To treat osteoarthritis
• To treat primary dysmenorrhoea in adolescents and adults above 12 years old.
• Increasing Energy
• Improving Skin Tone
• Heart Disease
• Dry Skin
• And are non-FDA reviewed or approved, natural alternatives, to use for , Heart Disease, and Dry Skin.