Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are among the most commonly used medications in Korea. Gastrointestinal toxicity, including peptic ulcer, is a common adverse effect of NSAIDs. Risk factors for NSAID-related peptic ulcer include a previous history of peptic ulcer, advanced age, high dose, concomitant use of corticosteroids, anticoagulants, other NSAIDs including low-dose aspirin. ...

Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), including lowdose aspirin, are among the most widely prescribed medications, with approximately 30 million patients worldwide ingesting NSAID [1]. NSAID could cause small intestinal injury. It became clear from the studies of post-mortem samplesby Bjarnason and colleagues (1993) that NSAID use is alsoassociated with significant damage to the more d...

Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) exhibit anti-neoplastic (chemoprevention) activity for sporadic cancers and the hereditary cancer predisposition Lynch syndrome (LS/HNPCC). However, the mechanism of NSAID tumor suppression has remained enigmatic. Defects in the core mismatch repair (MMR) genes MSH2 and MLH1 are the principal drivers of LS/HNPCC. Previous work has demonstrated that...

Background According to recent studies cutaneous manifestations to non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) may affect 0.3% of general population and the prevalence of aspirin hypersensitivity is as high as 27-35% in patients with chronic urticaria (CU). NSAID may be the cause of acute urticaria but in CU patients it usually exacerbates the disease by inhibition of the cyclooxygenase, whic...

OBJECTIVES Dose-dependant gastrointestinal and cardiovascular side-effects limit the use of NSAIDs in the management of RA. The n-3 essential fatty acids (EFAs) have previously demonstrated some anti-inflammatory and NSAID-sparing properties. The objective of this study was to determine whether cod liver oil supplementation helps reduce daily NSAID requirement of patients with RA. METHODS Dua...

Laboratory and epidemiologic evidence suggest that nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) use may be inversely related to the risk of breast cancer; however, the mechanism by which NSAIDs may protect against the development of this disease is uncertain. The objective of this observational study was to assess the relationship between current NSAID use and endogenous estradiol levels, an est...

OBJECTIVE Aspirin and non-aspirin non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are preventive against cardiovascular disease (CVD) and several cancer types, but long-term use has been associated with significant health risks, resulting in conflicting recommendations on NSAID use for prevention of CVD and cancer. Previous research indicates that aspirin use increases with age and CVD risk fact...