Prescription patterns and appropriateness of NSAID therapy according to gastrointestinal risk and cardiovascular history in patients with diagnoses of osteoarthritis

BMC Medicine

Research Article

Guillermo Garcia-Tell¹  Beatriz Armada²  Angel Oteo-Alvaro³  Angel Lanas⁴ 

[1] CS Salvador Pau, Assistant Professor Department of Medicine, University of Valencia, Spain;Pfizer S.L.U., Madrid, Spain;Service of Orthopedics, Hospital Gregorio Marañon, Madrid, Spain;University of Zaragoza Medical School, Aragón Health Research Institute (IIS Aragón), CIBERehd, Zaragoza, Spain;

关键词: Proton Pump Inhibitor;    Uncontrolled Hypertension;    Etoricoxib;    Nsaid Therapy;    Acetyl Salicylic Acid;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1741-7015-9-38

 received in 2011-01-08, accepted in 2011-04-14,  发布年份 2011

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundPrescription of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) should be based on the assessment of both gastrointestinal (GI) and cardiovascular (CV) risk for the individual patient. We aimed to assess the GI/CV risk profile and the pharmacological management of patients with osteoarthritis (OA) in clinical practice.MethodsWe conducted a cross-sectional, multicentre, observational study of consecutive OA patients that visited 1,760 doctors throughout the Spanish National Health System (NHS) in a single day. The presence of GI risk factors, CV histories, hypertension and current pharmacological treatments was recorded.ResultsOf the 60,868 patients, 17,105 had a diagnosis of OA and were evaluable. The majority (93.4%) had more than one GI risk factor and 60.3% were defined to be at high-GI risk. Thirty-two percent had a history of CV events, 57.6% were treated with anti-hypertensive therapy and 22.6% had uncontrolled hypertension. One-fifth of patients were treated with non-NSAID therapies, whereas the remaining patients received NSAIDs. Non-selective NSAIDs (nsNSAID) plus proton pump inhibitor (PPI) or cyclooxigenase-2 (COX-2)-selective NSAIDs alone were more frequently prescribed in patients at increased GI risk. Patients with a positive CV history received nsNSAIDs or COX-2-selective NSAIDs in 41.3% and 31.7% of cases, respectively. When both the GI and CV histories were combined, 51% of the overall population was being prescribed drugs that were either not recommended or contraindicated.ConclusionsOver 90% of patients with OA are at increased GI and/or CV risk. In over half of these patients, the prescription of NSAIDs was not in accordance with current guidelines or recommendations made by regulatory agencies.

【 授权许可】

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