RESEARCHERS have demonstrated an association between use of traditional NSAIDs and COX 2 inhibitors and an increased risk of heart failure, in a published BMJ article.
The study investigated a total of 27 individual NSAIDs, including selective COX 2 inhibitors, finding an association with a raised risk of hospital admission for heart failure.
The magnitude of risk varied between NSAIDs with celecoxib not implicated while diclofenac, ibuprofen, indomethacin, ketorolac, naproxen, nimesulide and piroxicam as well as two COX 2 inhibitors, etoricoxib and rofecoxib, were associated with increased risk.
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