Update from the American College of Rheumatology: Cox-2 Inhibitors and Why We Miss Them

By Mark Borigini, M.D., Health Pro Thursday, December 20, 2007

Patients need to talk to their doctors about stomach protection, and doctors need to prescribe such protection for those patients who are at risk.

 

Let us not allow the headlines about heart attack and stroke due to the Cox-2 inhibitors erase the memories of the severe bleeding ulcers that can result from those "traditional" anti-inflammatory treatments.

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By Mark Borigini, M.D., Health Pro— Last Modified: 04/22/11, First Published: 12/20/07