We should not avoid diclofenac in the treatment of spondyloarthritis

Affiliations

¹ Medical Department, Former employee of MSD Sharp & Dohme GmbH, Munich, Germany.
² Institute of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany.

Editorial

Gerhard Zingler et al. Ann Transl Med. 2018 Nov.

. 2018 Nov;6(Suppl 1):S36.

doi: 10.21037/atm.2018.09.42.

¹ Medical Department, Former employee of MSD Sharp & Dohme GmbH, Munich, Germany.
² Institute of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany.

No abstract available

Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

Risk of myocardial infarction with use of selected non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in patients with spondyloarthritis and osteoarthritis.
Dubreuil M, Louie-Gao Q, Peloquin CE, Choi HK, Zhang Y, Neogi T. Dubreuil M, et al. Ann Rheum Dis. 2018 Aug;77(8):1137-1142. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2018-213089. Epub 2018 Apr 19. Ann Rheum Dis. 2018. PMID: 29674321 Free PMC article.

1. Dubreuil M, Louie-Gao Q, Peloquin CE, et al. Risk of myocardial infarction with use of selected non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in patients with spondyloarthritis and osteoarthritis. Ann Rheum Dis 2018;77:1137-42. - PMC - PubMed
1. Sangha O. Epidemiology of rheumatic diseases. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2000;39 Suppl 2:3-12. 10.1093/rheumatology/39.suppl_2.3 - DOI - PubMed
1. Bombardier C, Laine L, Reicin A, et al. Comparison of upper gastrointestinal toxicity of rofecoxib and naproxen in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. VIGOR Study Group. N Engl J Med 2000;343:1520-8. 10.1056/NEJM200011233432103 - DOI - PubMed
1. Zingler G, Hermann B, Fischer T, et al. Cardiovascular adverse events by non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs: when the benefits outweigh the risks. Expert Rev Clin Pharmacol 2016;9:1479-92. 10.1080/17512433.2016.1230495 - DOI - PubMed
1. Lauper K, Gabay C. Cardiovascular risk in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Semin Immunopathol 2017;39:447-59. 10.1007/s00281-017-0632-2 - DOI - PubMed