Open AccessNSAIDs Associated With Increased Risk of Congestive Heart Failure in Elderly Patients Taking Diuretics
Author(s) -
Eibert R. Heerdink,
H G Leufkens,
R Herings,
Jan Paul Ottervanger,
Bruno H. Stricker,
Arnold B. Bakker
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
archives of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3679
pISSN - 0003-9926
DOI - 10.1001/archinte.158.10.1108
Subject(s) - medicine , heart failure , confidence interval , concomitant , incidence (geometry) , cardiology , relative risk , diuretic , physics , optics
Both diuretics and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are widely used, in particular among the elderly. The use of NSAIDs may decrease the efficacy of diuretics and induce congestive heart failure (CHF) in patients treated with diuretics.
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