Canadian Pharmacy Blog

Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are considered to be a group of pain relief medications involving traditional, non-selective drugs, such as aspirin, ibuprofen and naproxen, and newer COX-2- selective agents. Actually non-selective NSAIDs enlarge the risk of gastric ulcers, especially in older patients who have a history of gastric ulcers or who take them regularly. According [...]

Gastric or duodenal ulcers and upper gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms are considered to be a common reason for patients taking aspirin to stop their low-dose aspirin therapy for prevention of cardiovascular events, such as myocardial infarction (MI) and ischemic stroke. New results demonstrated at the Digestive Diseases Week annual meeting (DDW, 30thMay – 4th June, Chicago) [...]