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- Title
Cardiovascular Risk of NSAIDs: Time to Translate Knowledge into Practice.
- Authors
Srinath Reddy, K.; Roy, Ambuj
- Abstract
The authors discuss the study by Patricia McGettigan and David Henry entitled "Use of Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs That Elevate Cardiovascular Risk: An Examination of Sales and Essenial Medicine Lists in Low-, Middle-, and High-Income Countries." The authors say that stroke and risk of atherothrombotic events were the adverse cardiovascularr profile of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). They add that the study shows that diclofenac was linked to higher cardiovascular risk.
- Publication
PLoS Medicine, 2013, Vol 10, Issue 2, p1
- ISSN
1549-1277
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pmed.1001389