Journal article
Safe prescribing of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in patients with osteoarthritis – an expert consensus addressing benefits as well as gastrointestinal and cardiovascular risks
Abstract
BackgroundThere are several guidelines addressing the issues around the use of NSAIDs. However, none has specifically addressed the upper versus lower gastrointestinal (GI) risk of COX-2 selective and non-selective compounds nor the interaction at both the GI and cardiovascular (CV) level of either class of drugs with low-dose aspirin. This Consensus paper aims to develop statements and guidance devoted to these specific issues through a review …
Authors
Scarpignato C; Lanas A; Blandizzi C; Lems WF; Hermann M; Hunt RH; For the International NSAID Consensus Group
Journal
BMC Medicine, Vol. 13, No. 1,
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
December 2015
DOI
10.1186/s12916-015-0285-8
ISSN
1741-7015