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Naproxen vs Cortisone - What's the difference?

naproxen | cortisone |

As nouns the difference between naproxen and cortisone

is that naproxen is (pharmacology) a certain non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug that inhibits the cox-1 and cox-2 enzymes and thereby reduces pain, fever, inflammation, and stiffness while cortisone is (steroid hormone) a corticosteroid hormone, closely related to corticosterone; 17-hydroxy-11-dehydrocorticosterone, with formula c21h28o5.

naproxen

English

Noun

(wikipedia naproxen) (-)
  • (pharmacology) A certain non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug that inhibits the COX-1 and COX-2 enzymes and thereby reduces pain, fever, inflammation, and stiffness.

    • cortisone

    English

    (wikipedia cortisone)

    Noun

    (-)
  • (steroid hormone) A corticosteroid hormone, closely related to corticosterone; 17-hydroxy-11-dehydrocorticosterone, with formula C21H28O5.