Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and elderly patients
- 1 April 1995
- Vol. 310 (6983) , 817-818
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.310.6983.817
Abstract
Several factors affect the relative risk of adverse gastrointestinal effects during treatment with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. These include the age of the patient2 3 4 5 6 7 8; their medical history3 4 6 7; the drug used and its dosage4 9; its route of administration10 and the duration of treatment3 4 8; the concomitant use of more than one such drug4; and other independent risk factors, particularly alcohol use, anti-coagulant treatment, corticosteroid treatment, and smoking.4Keywords
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