FDA Approves Injectable Form Of Ibuprofen

The approved Caldolor, the first injectable dosage form of the common pain medication ibuprofen, to treat pain and fever. “Injectable ibuprofen and other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are promising pain management options,” said Bob Rappaport, M.D., director, Division of Anesthesia, Analgesia and Rheumatology Drug Products in the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. “But until now there were only oral forms of most NSAIDs.

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Filed under: Pain / Anesthetics on June 25th, 2009