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Antipyretics



Introduction: Antipyretics

Fever-reducing medications are called "antipyretics" (meaning "against fire"). These medications aim to reduce body temperature and alleviate fever.

Basic Information: Antipyretics

Antipyretics: Class of drugs acting to reduce fever.

Count: Antipyretics is listed as a: treatment for 62 conditions; alternative treatment for 0 conditions; preventive treatment for 5 conditions; research treatment for 2 conditions.

Treatment types for Antipyretics: Aspirin (49), Ibuprofen (22), Paracetamol (12)

Treatments: list of all treatments

List of Diseases with Antipyretics as a Treatment

The following list of conditions have 'Antipyretics' or similar listed as a treatment in our database:

A

  • Acute Bronchitis ... aspirin, paracetamol
  • Acute rheumatic fever ... aspirin
  • Ankle sprain ... aspirin, ibuprofen
  • Atrial flutter ... low-dose aspirin

    B

  • Back pain ... aspirin
  • Black eye ... aspirin, ibuprofen
  • Bornholm disease ... aspirin, paracetamol
  • Burns ... aspirin, ibuprofen

    C

  • Canker sores ... aspirin
  • Chalazion ... ibuprofen
  • Chondritis ... paracetamol
  • Chronic Fatigue Syndrome ... ibuprofen
  • Chronic pain ... aspirin, ibuprofen (Advil)
  • Common cold ... aspirin
  • Common Headache ... aspirin
  • Coronary heart disease ... Low-dose aspirin
  • Croup ... ibuprofen
  • Cyclic vomiting syndrome ... ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin)
  • Cystic Fibrosis ... ibuprofen

    D

  • Dengue fever ... aspirin
  • Diabetes ... low-dose aspirin

    E

  • Epididymitis ... aspirin, ibuprofen

    F

  • Fibromyalgia ... Aspirin
  • Flu ... aspirin, paracetamol

    G

  • Gastroenteritis ... ibuprofen

    H

  • Hand, Foot, & Mouth Disease ... paracetamol
  • Headache ... aspirin, paracetamol, ibuprofen
  • Heart attack ... aspirin
  • Heart disease ... Aspirin
  • High Cholesterol ... Low-dose aspirin

    I

  • Interstitial cystitis ... Aspirin, ibuprofen

    J

  • Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis ... aspirin

    K

  • Knee sprain ... aspirin, ibuprofen

    L

  • Lupus ... aspirin, Ibuprofen (Motrin, Advil)

    M

  • Malaria ... aspirin
  • Migraine ... aspirin
  • Mitral stenosis ... aspirin
  • Mumps ... paracetamol
  • Muscle contraction headache ... Aspirin

    O

  • Orf ... aspirin, paracetamol
  • Osteoarthritis ... aspirin, Motrin® IB, ibuprofen, Advil®
  • Osteoid Osteoma ... aspirin

    P

  • Paget's disease of bone ... aspirin
  • Parvovirus ... aspirin, paracetamol
  • Polyarthritis ... paracetamol
  • Polycystic ovary syndrome ... low-dose aspirin
  • Polymyalgia rheumatica ... aspirin, ibuprofen

    R

  • Reiter’s syndrome ... aspirin, ibuprofen
  • Relapsing fever ... acetominophen
  • Renal Artery Stenosis ... aspirin
  • Rheumatic fever ... aspirin
  • Rheumatoid arthritis ... aspirin, Ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin IB)
  • Rhinovirus ... paracetamol
  • Roseola infantum ... paracetamol
  • Ross River virus ... aspirin

    S

  • Spinal stenosis ... aspirin, ibuprofen (Motrin, Nuprin, Advil)
  • Sprain ... aspirin, ibuprofen
  • Strain ... aspirin, ibuprofen

    T

  • Tension headache ... aspirin
  • Thrombocytosis ... aspirin
  • Thromboembolism ... aspirin
  • Transient Ischemic Attack ... aspirin

    List of Diseases with Antipyretics as a Preventive Treatment

    The following list of conditions have 'Antipyretics' or similar listed as a preventive treatment in our database:

    C

  • Colorectal cancer ... aspirin
  • Cyclic vomiting syndrome ... ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin)

    H

  • Heart attack ... low-dose aspirin
  • Heart disease ... low-dose aspirin

    S

  • Stroke ... Aspirin therapy

    List of Diseases with Antipyretics as a Research Treatment

    The following list of conditions have 'Antipyretics' or similar listed as a research treatment or other research area in our database:

    D

  • Diabetic Retinopathy ... Aspirin

    R

  • Retinopathy ... Aspirin

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