Open AccessEfficacy and safety of short-term use of COX-2 inhibitors in patients after an acute stroke with musculoskeletal pain
Author(s) -
Meheroz H. Rabadi,
Freny M. Rabadi,
Gene Hallford,
Christopher E. Aston
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
annals of indian academy of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.427
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1998-3549
pISSN - 0972-2327
DOI - 10.4103/0972-2327.107699
Subject(s) - medicine , stroke (engine) , proportional hazards model , adverse effect , post hoc analysis , physical therapy , incidence (geometry) , optics , engineering , physics , mechanical engineering
Musculoskeletal pain commonly occurs in the elderly, many of whom are also prone to suffer from strokes. We studied whether short-term use (≤ 4 weeks) of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitors for musculoskeletal pain in stroke patients helped them to participate in their therapies and was safe and efficacious.