SELECTIVE CYCLOOXYGENASE-2 INHIBITORS AGAINST PREMATURE LABOR

摘要

This invention relates to the use of selective cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors or derivatives thereof in preventing and treating preterm labor. In particular, the invention describes the method of maintaining the fetal ductus arteriosus during prevention and treatment preterm labor in a subject, said method comprising treating the subject with a therapeutically-effective amount of a compound of Formula (I).