Pseudoporphyria secondary to non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs

Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.

[Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)].

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[Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID)].

Safety of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.

Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are widely used in medical practice for treating pain, inflammation and degenerative joint diseases (for instance, arthritis). The use of traditional NSAIDs (tNSAIDs), however, is associated with an increased risk of minor and serious gastrointestinal (GI) events. It is estimated that in the European Union thousands of gastrointestinal complication...

Renal impairment in relation to non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.

Correspondence Renal impairment in relation to non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs SIR, Unsworth et al have recently shown that asymptomatic, reversible impairment of renal function is common in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) receiving long term non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) treatment .' This conclusion was derived from the observation that when NSAID treatment in 11 p...