EPISODE · May 15, 2011 · 9 MIN
Podcast 121: NSAIDs Unsafe at Any Dose after MI
from Clinical Conversations · host NEJM Group
Guidelines warn about using NSAIDs after myocardial infarction, and a 10-year look-back study from Denmark shows that the warning should be even louder. Whereas current AHA guidelines advise using NSAIDs after MI for the briefest possible time, the Danish study, published last week in Circulation, finds that the risks for death and reinfarction begin within the first week with some NSAIDs, and continue throughout treatment. Diclofenac is especially risky in this context. Interview-related links: Circulation abstract (free) AHA scientific statement on NSAIDs from 2007 (free) The post Podcast 121: NSAIDs Unsafe at Any Dose after MI first appeared on Clinical Conversations.
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Guidelines warn about using NSAIDs after myocardial infarction, and a 10-year look-back study from Denmark shows that the warning should be even louder. Whereas current AHA guidelines advise using NSAIDs after MI for the briefest possible time, the Danish study, published last week in Circulation, finds that the risks for death and reinfarction begin within […]
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