Does concurrent prescription of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs substantially increase the risk of upper gastrointestinal bleeding?

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 175-181

  Tata, L J ^a   Fortun, P J ^a   Hubbard, R B ^a   Smeeth, L ^b   Hawkey, C J ^a   Smith, C J P ^a   Whitaker, H J ^c   Farrington, C P ^c   Card, T R ^a   West, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, SECOND-GENERATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYPHARMACY; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; SMOKING; WALES;

EID: 23844510204     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2005.02543.x     Document Type: Article

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