Nimesulide is a prescription non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) with analgesic and antipyretic properties.

It is available in a variety of forms: tablets, suppositories, water-soluble powders, and topical gels.

Like most drugs in NSAID category, nimesulide is known to be hepatotoxic (damaging to the liver) in rare but unpredictable cases and should be taken with care. It did not achieve Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval in the USA, and is banned in many countries due to cases of jaundice and hepatitis induced by its use. Italy was the first country to allow the drug (1985). European Medicine Evaluation Agency has banned the use of nimesulide for children under the age of 12.

Trade names

• Ainex
• Aulin
• Donulide
• Edrigyl
• Eskaflam
• Guaxan
• Heugan
• Lusemin
• Medicox (Ecuador)
• Mesulid
• Nexen
• Nimed
• Nidol
• Nimalox
• Nimedex
• Nimesil
• Nimotas-cd
• NIMULID
• Plarium
• Scaflam
• Scaflan
• Sulidene
• Willgo (in India)

External links

• Official page
• History and Marketing of the drug
• A case Report on Nimesulide and its Relation with Angina

Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs | Antipyretics | Analgesics