"Very lame and imperfect theories are sufficient to suggest useful experiments which serve to correct those theories and give birth to others more perfect. These, then occasion farther experiments ...

Up to 20% of the asthmatic population is sensitive to aspirin and other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs ... and the cyclooxygenase (COX) pathways. By inhibiting the COX pathway ...

Although the effects of anti-inflammatory drugs have been well studied, little is known about the signaling pathways ... of NSAIDs. NSAID research changed radically with the discovery that COX ...

Basically, they increase the pain you feel. NSAIDs work on a chemical level. They block the effects of special enzymes -- specifically Cox-1 and Cox-2 enzymes. These enzymes play a key role in ...