Etoricoxib is a medicine belonging to the Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug group. It is used for relieving moderate pain and swelling of joints associated with different forms of gout and arthritis.

Etoricoxib is indicated for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, osteoarthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, chronic low back pain, acute pain, and gout. like any other selective cox-2 inhibitor ("coxib"), etoricoxib selectively inhibits isoform 2 of the enzyme cyclooxygenase (cox-2). it has approximately 106-fold selectivity for cox-2 inhibition over cox-1.

Side Effects

Diarrhea
Nausea or vomiting
Headache (RARE)
Dizziness
Stomach pain
Swelling of face, lips, eyelids, tongue, hands and feet (RARE)
Difficult and painful breathing
Yellowing of skin and eyes
Blurred vision (RARE)
Heart rhythm disorders (RARE)
Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (RARE)
Infections