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ReviewPain and therapy2025

Clinical Benefits of Ibuprofen Arginine: A Narrative Review.

Piercarlo Sarzi-Puttini, Serge Perrot, Juan Perez-Cajaraville, Diego Maria Michele Fornasari, Franco Radaelli, Giustino Varrassi

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Review in Pain and therapy, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Piercarlo Sarzi-PuttiniDepartment of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
Serge PerrotPain Medicine Department, GHU Paris Centre-Cochin, Paris, France.
Juan Perez-CajaravillePain Center, HM Hospitals, Madrid, Spain.
Diego Maria Michele FornasariDepartment of Medical Biotechnology And Translational Medicine, Università Degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.
Franco RadaelliUnità Complessa di Gastroenterologia, Ospedale Valduce, Como, Italy.
Giustino VarrassiDepartment of Research and Development, Fondazione Paolo Procacci, 00193, Rome, Italy. giuvarr@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3822-2923

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ibuprofen arginine (IBA) combines well-established analgesic and anti-inflammatory properties with enhanced pharmacokinetics. The addition of arginine significantly improves solubility and absorption, leading to a faster onset of action compared to conventional ibuprofen. Clinical studies consistently demonstrate that IBA achieves meaningful pain relief within a shorter timeframe while maintaining a favorable safety profile. IBA's rapid action is particularly valuable in managing acute exacerbations of chronic pain and preventing central sensitization, thus improving patient comfort, adherence, and overall quality of life. By addressing both the inflammatory and nociceptive components of pain, IBA offers an effective and well-tolerated alternative in multimodal pain management strategies. This review explores the clinical benefits of IBA in pain management among various clinical settings.

Indexed as

AnalgesicsChronic pain managementCyclooxygenase inhibitorsIbuprofen arginineNon-steroidal anti-inflammatory agentsNSAIDsPain

Identifiers

PMID40266450
PMCPMC12085445

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