Resumen

CARRILLO-TORRES, Orlando; MOLINA-GARCIA, Rodrigo; RASCON-MARTINEZ, Dulce María  y  DIAZ-MENDOZA, Arab. Answering the question: is metamizole a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory or not?. Rev. mex. anestesiol. [online]. 2019, vol.42, n.2, pp.98-103.  Epub 30-Mar-2020. ISSN 0484-7903.

The aim of this article is to know the importance of metamizol as analgesic in Mexico, knowing the frequency of their use and the mechanisms of action and to adequately classify the drug in the pharmacopoeia of painkillers. Few drugs generate discussion about their parentage but metamizol from that hits the market in 1922 until today, it has no clearly defined. Commonly when NSAIDs rated seeks to metamizol is classified within the same as pyrazolone derivatives. We then start with the pharmacological aspects and later to know the similarities and differences with other NSAIDs and can draw appropriate conclusions. Even so, the medicine is one of the most used by physicians in second and third level hospitals (82%), although most do not really know what their mechanism of action is (91%), so the importance of knowing the mechanism of action of this drug.

Palabras llave : Non-steroidal antiinflammatory drugs; analgesics; metamizol.