Safety of coprescribing NSAIDs with multiple antihypertensive agents

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 346, Issue 7890, 2013, Pages

  Nitsch, Dorothea ^a   Tomlinson, Laurie A ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CREATININE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG SAFETY; EDITORIAL; HEART FAILURE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; DIURETICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE;

EID: 84872285105     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e8713     Document Type: Editorial

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