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These are sold under various brand names and are classified as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs NSAIDs.

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: Over-the-Counter Pain Relief: Caution, Common Sense on All Drugs M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2011

Other pain drugs compared included older ones like ibuprofen, Advil and Motril known as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or NSAIDs.

Study Shows Higher Risks of Opioid Pain Drugs Thomas M. Burton 2010

And all of those drugs, called nonsteroidal anti-inflammatories NSAIDs, can cause dangerous gastrointestinal bleeding and other problems, especially when taken long term.

Heart risks of Vioxx persist long after drug is stopped 2010

Many people were put on different kinds of the same general type of medication, called nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.

Frankincense extract: A wise treatment for osteoarthritis? 2008

Many people were put on different kinds of the same general type of medication, called nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.

Frankincense extract: A wise treatment for osteoarthritis? 2008

In the 1980s, several painkillers known as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or NSAIDs, which had been approved by the FDA, were pulled off the market because of safety problems.

Drug Makers Say FDA Safety Focus 2008

The latest research actually shows that most people who take these medications, including what are called nonsteroidal anti - inflammatories, like Aleve, or Ibuprofen or Naproxen, or even Aspirin, don't tell their doctors about it, and about one in five of them don't tell their doctors about it, which is pretty remarkable.

CNN Transcript Oct 16, 2007 2007

ROBERTS: It's over-the-counter pain medication used by millions of Americans, but now there is new concern for people who take pills like Advil and Aleve, so-called nonsteroidal anti-inflammatories, and don't tell their doctors about it.

CNN Transcript Oct 16, 2007 2007

NSAIDs are called nonsteroidal because they are not steroids.

NSAIDs (Advil, Aleve, Vioxx...) increases risk of first heart attack 2006

Indeed, several small studies conducted in 1995 and 1996 have shown that, when used regularly, medications known as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs—common treatments such as aspirin, Advil, and Aleve—can keep your follicles from bursting and releasing from your ovary.

Getting Pregnant Niels H. Lauersen 2000