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The post-operative analgesic efficacy of celecoxib compared with placebo and parecoxib after total hip or knee arthroplasty.

Wichai Ittichaikulthol, Naruemol Prachanpanich, Chutima Kositchaiwat, and Theerayut Intapan

J Med Assoc Thai 93(8):937-42 (2010) PMID 20718170

Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) in combination with opioids is a model of multimodal analgesia. NSAIDs have the oral and parenteral forms.

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