The choice of the ideal anti-inflammatory drug.

The selection of the ideal anti-inflammatory drug is an important task bearing in mind some of the characteristics concerning its pharmacokinetics, mechanism of action, efficacy, tolerability, dosage, safety, presentation and route of administration, patient compliance and patient expectancy. The present paper deals with each of these topics, based on current knowledge of the different anti-inflammatory drugs and the more than 20 years experience in a great number of clinical trials with most of the best known non-hormonal anti-inflammatory compounds.