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Ibuprofen: History, Applications, Research & Art

Ibuprofen is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) that is used to relieve pain, fever, and inflammation. This includes painful menstrual periods, migraines, and rheumatoid arthritis. It can be taken orally (by mouth) or intravenously (injected into a vein). It typically begins working within an hour.

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Ibuprofen topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Applications, Research and Art as prominent areas in the source structure around Ibuprofen.

Related topics
187
Source areas
8
Connected nodes
195
Extracted relationships
150
Related term clusters
38
Bridge connections
195

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Adverse effects · 47 topics
Chemistry · 40 topics
Overview · 38 topics
Research · 24 topics
Pharmacology · 18 topics
Medical uses · 12 topics
Availability and administration · 4 topics
History · 4 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

3D model (JSmol)
Interactive image
AHFS/Drugs.com
Monograph
ATC code
C01EB16 (WHO) G02CC01 (WHO) M01AE01 (WHO) M02AA13 (WHO) R02AX02 (WHO)
Bioavailability
80–100% (oral), 87% (rectal)
Boiling point
157 °C (315 °F) at 4 mmHg
CAS Number
15687-27-1 Y

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Overview

Medical uses

Adverse effects

Pharmacology

Chemistry

History

Availability and administration

Research

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Advanced semantic analysis

How Ibuprofen connects Entity context

The extracted context around Ibuprofen shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Ibuprofen → Adams, Boots, Boots Group, Boots's, Later, NSAID, OTC, Queen's Award, Stewart Adams, Technical Achievement, United Kingdom, United States Another extracted example is Ibuprofen → AAN, Advil, Australian Approved Name, BAN, British Approved Name, INN, Motrin, United Kingdom, United States, United States Adopted Name, USAN. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Ibuprofen

Top relations

related to history · 12
Ibuprofen → Adams, Boots, Boots Group, Boots's, Later, NSAID, OTC, Queen's Award, Stewart Adams, Technical Achievement, United Kingdom, United States
related to Availability and administration · 11
Ibuprofen → AAN, Advil, Australian Approved Name, BAN, British Approved Name, INN, Motrin, United Kingdom, United States, United States Adopted Name, USAN
related to Pharmacology · 10
Ibuprofen → A2, Antipyretic, COX, COX-1, COX-2, H2, Inhibition, Like, NSAIDs, PGH2
related to Research · 9
Ibuprofen → Alzheimer's, Aspirin, Harvard Medical School, In March, Japan, NSAIDs, Parkinson's, People, Use
related to Cardiovascular risk · 7
Ibuprofen → Along, EMA, FDA, July, NSAID, NSAIDs, The European Medicines Agency
related to Chemistry · 6
Ibuprofen → Boots Group, Darzens, EtOH, Firstly, Friedel-Crafts, Later
related to Overdose · 6
Ibuprofen → Generally, Human, Many, NSAIDs, OTC, Rarely
related to Skin · 6
Ibuprofen → Along, Johnson, Like, NSAIDs, SJS, Stevens
Legal status · 5
Ibuprofen → AU: OTC, CA: OTC, EU: OTC, UK: General sales list (GSL, OTC), US: OTC / Rx-only
is a · 5
Ibuprofen → extremely rare cause of the autoimmune diseases Stevens, international nonproprietary name, nonselective COX inhibitor, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug, weaker anti-inflammatory agent than other NSAIDs.Ibuprofen was discovered in 1961 in Nottingham by Stewart Adams and John Nicholson while working at Boots the Chemists

Important terminology

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Important terminology

nsaids aspirin risk pain effects drug may anti-inflammatory used united states treatment include paracetamol blood including heart overdose nsaid symptoms

Ibuprofen relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 150 structured relationships around Ibuprofen. Examples in this analysis include Ibuprofen → 3D model (JSmol) → Interactive image and Ibuprofen → AHFS/Drugs.com → Monograph. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Ibuprofen3D model (JSmol)Interactive image1.00infobox
IbuprofenAHFS/Drugs.comMonograph1.00infobox
IbuprofenATC codeC01EB16 (WHO) G02CC01 (WHO) M01AE01 (WHO) M02AA13 (WHO) R02AX02 (WHO)1.00infobox
IbuprofenBioavailability80–100% (oral), 87% (rectal)1.00infobox
IbuprofenBoiling point157 °C (315 °F) at 4 mmHg1.00infobox
IbuprofenCAS Number15687-27-1 Y1.00infobox
IbuprofenChEBICHEBI:5855 Y1.00infobox
IbuprofenChEMBLChEMBL521 Y1.00infobox
IbuprofenChemSpider3544 Y1.00infobox
IbuprofenChiralityRacemic mixture1.00infobox
IbuprofenCompTox Dashboard (EPA)DTXSID50207321.00infobox
IbuprofenDensity1.03 g/cm31.00infobox
IbuprofenDrug classNonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID)1.00infobox
IbuprofenDrugBankDB01050 Y1.00infobox
IbuprofenECHA InfoCard100.036.1521.00infobox
IbuprofenElimination half-life2–4 hours1.00infobox
IbuprofenExcretionUrine (95%)1.00infobox
IbuprofenFormulaC13H18O21.00infobox
IbuprofenIUPHAR/BPS27131.00infobox
IbuprofenKEGGD00126 Y1.00infobox
IbuprofenLegal statusAU: OTC1.00infobox
IbuprofenLegal statusCA: OTC1.00infobox
IbuprofenLegal statusUK: General sales list (GSL, OTC)1.00infobox
IbuprofenLegal statusUS: OTC / Rx-only1.00infobox
IbuprofenLegal statusEU: OTC1.00infobox
IbuprofenLicense dataUS DailyMed: Ibuprofen1.00infobox
IbuprofenMedlinePlusa6821591.00infobox
IbuprofenMelting point75 to 78 °C (167 to 172 °F)1.00infobox
IbuprofenMetabolismLiver (CYP2C9)1.00infobox
IbuprofenMetabolitesIbuprofen glucuronide, 2-hydroxyibuprofen, 3-hydroxyibuprofen, carboxy-ibuprofen, 1-hydroxyibuprofen1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Related term clusters

The concept neighborhoods around Ibuprofen bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Nsaids, Aspirin and Risk. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Ibuprofen
    • Nsaids
    • Aspirin
    • Risk
    • Overdose
    • Used
    • Use
    • States
    • United
    • Pain
    • May
    • Lysine
    • Medical
  • ibuprofen
    • Nsaids
    • Aspirin
    • Risk
    • Overdose
    • Used
    • Use
    • States
    • United
    • Pain
    • May
    • Lysine
    • Medical
  • pain
    • Used
    • Adams
    • Medical
    • Research
    • Boots
    • Paracetamol
    • People
    • Include
    • Effects
    • Aspirin
    • Risk
    • Pregnancy
  • abdominal pain
    • Used
    • Adams
    • Medical
    • Research
    • Boots
    • Paracetamol
    • People
    • Include
    • Effects
    • Aspirin
    • Risk
    • Pregnancy
  • pain from kidney stones
    • Heart
    • Administration
    • Low
    • Nsaid
    • Used
    • Blood
    • Adams
    • Medical
    • Research
    • Boots
    • Paracetamol
    • People
  • lower back pain
    • Used
    • Adams
    • Medical
    • Research
    • Boots
    • Paracetamol
    • People
    • Include
    • Effects
    • Aspirin
    • Risk
    • Pregnancy
  • nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug
    • Fever
    • Administration
    • Pain
    • Used
    • Nsaid
    • Drug
    • Lysine
    • Nsaids
    • Adams
    • Medical
    • Boots
    • Kidney
  • side effects
    • Include
    • Blood
    • Kidney
    • Overdose
    • Pain
    • Risk
    • Pregnancy
    • Administration
    • Fever
    • Lysine
    • Medical
    • Research

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Ibuprofen, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Ibuprofen with Adverse effects. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Ibuprofen — Adverse effects · splits 148 ⟂ 48
Ibuprofen — Chemistry · splits 155 ⟂ 41
Ibuprofen — Overview · splits 157 ⟂ 39
Ibuprofen — Research · splits 171 ⟂ 25
Ibuprofen — Pharmacology · splits 177 ⟂ 19
Ibuprofen — Medical uses · splits 183 ⟂ 13
Ibuprofen — History · splits 191 ⟂ 5
Ibuprofen — Availability and administration · splits 191 ⟂ 5

Map overview Semantic statistics

Ibuprofen

Nodes196
Edges195
Triples150
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.010204
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Ibuprofen to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Applications, Research & Art, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Ibuprofen · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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