The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 275 No 7361 p158
6 August 2005

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NSAIDs safe to use

Patients and prescribers should continue to use non-selective non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs as currently recommended, the European Medicines Agency has concluded after reviewing data on the cardiovascular safety of diclofenac, etodolac, ibuprofen, indometacin, ketoprofen, meloxicam, nabumetone, naproxen and nimesulide.