Rasmussen et al., used etoricoxib 120 mg daily on 228 patients with knee and hip arthroplasty and showed it provided analgesia similar to naproxen sodium 1100 mg at the first 24 hours after surgery and superior to placebo, with reduced opioid medication [10].
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