2007•Chinese Journal of New Drugs and Clinical RemediesRequires access
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and risk of cardiovascular disease
Zhenhua Huang
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Abstract
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs have the anti-inflammatory,antipyretic and analgesic effects,and are one of most prescribed drugs nowadays.Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs could be divided into two types:nonselective and selective.Recently,some retrospective study showed that selective nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs might increase the risk of cardiovascular events.But the definite conclusion needs more studies.