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Griffin MR, Piper JM, Daugherty JR et al.
Annals of Internal Medicine, 1991;114:257-263.
A case control study was conducted among Tennessee Medicaid patients over the age of 65 to evaluate the risk of peptic ulcer disease associated with the use of nonaspirin nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medications. Included in the study were 1,415 patients who had been hospitalized for either peptic ulcer disease or upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage. The control group consisted of 7,063 other Medicaid patients. Results of this study showed that patients taking prescription nonaspirin nonsteroidal anti-inflammatories were four times more likely to be hospitalized for peptic ulcer disease or upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage than non-users. The risk of developing ulcer disease increased with increased doses with the risk being the greatest during the first month of treatment.

 

 

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