Are cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors being taken only by those who need them?

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 165, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1066-1067

  Kaufman, David W ^a   Kelly, Judith P ^b   Rosenberg, Lynn ^b   Anderson, Theresa E ^b   Mitchell, Allen A ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELECOXIB; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ROFECOXIB; VALDECOXIB;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DUODENITIS; DUODENUM ULCER; ESOPHAGITIS; GASTRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH ULCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CYCLOOXYGENASE INHIBITORS; DRUG UTILIZATION; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 18344390561     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.165.9.1066     Document Type: Article

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