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NSAID Alternatives
The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics • Jan 17, 2005 (Issue 1200)
may outweigh potential risks. Alternatively,
disease-modifying drugs (DMARDs) such as
methotrexate (Mexate ...
Patients taking nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) may be asking their health care providers if they should continue, and some may be asking for alternatives. For most patients taking nonspecific NSAIDs, it would be reasonable to continue. For those who are taking the COX-2 selective celecoxib (Celebrex) because they cannot tolerate the gastrointestinal (GI) effects of nonspecific NSAIDs, it seems reasonable to continue at doses no higher than 100 mg b.i.d. or 200 mg once daily; at these dosages cardiovascular risk has been no higher than with placebo. All NSAIDs, including COX-2...