I ain't no doctor! But that logic would also follow in prescribing regular aspirin for heart attacks:

http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/105/9/1135.full

Atherosclerosis, formerly considered a bland lipid storage disease, actually involves an ongoing inflammatory response...

And if you want to get downright controversial,

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2367001/

ketogenic diets are prescribed for the same reason (carbohydrates cause inflammation in a lot of people)