Abstract:Background/Aims
Analgesics are widely prescribed in patients with inflammatory arthritis (IA) despite limited evidence of efficacy and uncertainties about potential harms. The assessment of harms is complex as some drug-related adverse events (AE), including myocardial infarctions, are part of the IA comorbidity spectrum. As trials have limited follow-up periods and often exclude patients with comorbidities, safe prescribing requires an understanding of analgesic harms in “real-world” setting… Show more
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