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Indomethacin is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) that reduces fever, pain and inflammation.
Indomethacin works by reducing the production of prostaglandins.
Indomethacin blocks the enzymes that make prostaglandins (cyclooxygenase 1 and 2) and thereby reduces the levels of prostaglandins. As a result, fever, pain and inflammation are reduced.
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It's also used to CLOSE a PDA, but I'm uncertain of its mechanism of action for this purpose.
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If I remembered right, at birth, prostaglandin level drop->PDA close. That why indomethothin will help close PDA, and use prostaglandin to keep PDA open.
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