Open AccessUse of Aspirin and Ibuprofen Compared With Aspirin Alone and the Risk of Myocardial Infarction
Author(s) -
Taral Patel,
Kenneth C. Goldberg
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
archives of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3679
pISSN - 0003-9926
DOI - 10.1001/archinte.164.8.852
Subject(s) - aspirin , medicine , ibuprofen , myocardial infarction , confidence interval , anesthesia , pharmacology
Laboratory investigations suggest that the simultaneous use of aspirin and ibuprofen may attenuate the antiplatelet effect of aspirin, making it less useful for cardioprotection. To determine if there is clinical evidence of this potentially harmful interaction, we conducted a retrospective matched case-control study.
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