Anti‐Inflammatory Therapeutics
Marion Man-Ying Chan, Dunne Fong · Pharmaceutical Sciences Encyclopedia · 2011
Abstract The development of anti‐inflammatory therapeutics is an active area of pharmacological research. As we look forward to future discoveries, it also pays to look to the past for potentially useful but neglected therapeutic agents. One example is thalidomide, the drug that had caused a birth defect disaster. Another is cannabinoid, the molecule that has been associated with substance abuse. More targets for anti‐inflammatory therapeutics have been and will be discovered. In this chapter, we will provide two examples: SAHA and catecholamines.