diclofenac (redirected from Cataflam)

diclofenac /di·clo·fen·ac/ (di-klo´fen-ak) a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug used as the potassium or sodium salt in the treatment of rheumatic and nonrheumatic inflammatory conditions, and as the potassium salt to relieve pain and dysmenorrhea; also applied topically to the conjunctiva as the sodium salt to reduce ocular inflammation or photophobia after certain kinds of surgery and to the skin to treat actinic keratoses.

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diclofenac

(dīklō´fnak´),
n brand names: Cataflam, Voltaren;
drug class: nonsteroidal antiinflammatory;
action: inhibits prostaglandin synthesis;
uses: acute and chronic rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, ankylosing spondylitis.

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diclofenac

a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agent, used topically in ophthalmic diseases.