‘Ibuprofen promotes bone healing post fracture’
July 4th, 2012 - 4:21 pm ICT by IANSMadrid, July 4 (IANS) Ibuprofen, one of the most commonly prescribed pain killers worldwide, also promotes bone healing, after a fracture or bone surgery, a study has said and claimed the drug has no negative effects.
Researchers from the University of Granada have demonstrated that ibuprofen, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), has no negative effects on the proliferation and synthesis of osteoblast osteocalcin, hence promotes bone healing.
Osteoblast cells are bone cells that synthesise the bone matrix. Consequently, osteoblasts play a major role in bone development, growth, maintenance and repair, the Journal of Bone and Mineral Metabolism reports.
Granada researchers are members of the research group BIO277, which studies the effects of different pharmacological and non-pharmacological therapies on osteoblast cells, according to a Granada statement.
Concepcion Ruiz Rodriguez, professor at the University of Granada Nursing Department, who led the study, states that “we had little information on the effects of ibuprofen on osteoblast cells.”
NSAIDs are usually prescribed for treating acute or chronic conditions where pain and inflammation are present.
- Tumeric derivative found promising in tendinitis - Aug 11, 2011
- Tummy out after pain killers? Kolkata scientists find a cure - Aug 29, 2012
- Painkillers shoot up death risk in heart attacks - May 10, 2011
- Painkillers could kill heart attack survivors early - Sep 11, 2012
- Ibuprofen may reduce risk of Parkinson's disease - Mar 03, 2011
- Ibuprofen painkillers cut risk of dying among elderly - Jul 08, 2010
- Common painkillers increase risk of heart problems: Study - Jan 12, 2011
- Topical treatments offer effective local pain relief - Jun 16, 2010
- New aspirin curbs 11 kinds of cancer, shrinks tumours - Mar 09, 2012
- Painkilling drug shuts down cancer cell growth - Jun 15, 2010
- Aspirin, ibuprofen offer no protection against skin cancer - Feb 16, 2010
- Taking ibuprofen regularly cuts Parkinson's disease risk - Feb 18, 2010
- Ibuprofen more effective than paracetamol for period pain - Jan 20, 2010
- Anti-depressants ease osteoarthritis pain - Mar 23, 2012
- Cells coordinate to promote exercise - Sep 20, 2011
Tags: bone cells, bone development, bone matrix, bone surgery, chronic conditions, fracture, inflammation, inflammatory drug, mineral metabolism, nsaid, nsaids, nursing department, osteoblast cells, osteocalcin, pain killers, pharmacological therapies, research group, ruiz rodriguez, study states, university of granada