Issue: June 2017
May 17, 2017
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Meta-analysis Indicates NSAIDs Linked with Increased Risk for Heart Attack

Issue: June 2017
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Researchers of this systematic review of studies from Canadian and European databases and a meta-analysis of individual patient data found NSAID use was linked with an increased risk for myocardial infarction.

Perspective from Calvin Brown Jr., MD

Michéle Bally, MSc, PhD, from the University of Montreal, and colleagues included eight studies of 446,763 people, which included 385,303 controls and 61,460 cases of heart attack.

Investigators found any NSAID dose administered for 1 week, 1 month or greater than 1 month was linked with an increased risk for myocardial infarction (MI). For use up to 1 week, MI was linked with celecoxib (ratio = 1.24), ibuprofen (ratio = 1.48), diclofenac (ratio = 1.5), naproxen (ratio = 1.53) and rofecoxib (ratio = 1.58), and there was increased risk for higher doses. However, after use of more than 1 month, the risk did not increase.

“Risk was greatest during the first month of NSAID use and with higher doses,” the researchers wrote. – by Will A. Offit

Disclosures: Bally reports no relevant financial disclosures. Please see the full study for a list of all other relevant disclosures.