Open AccessInternational Consensus on Guiding Recommendations for Management of Patients with Nonsteroidal Antiinflammatory Drugs Induced Gastropathy-ICON-G
Author(s) -
Richard H. Hunt,
Mircea Mănuc,
Gn R,
R. Ally,
Amit Garg
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
euroasian journal of hepato-gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2231-5128
pISSN - 2231-5047
DOI - 10.5005/jp-journals-10018-1281
Subject(s) - medicine , delphi method , nonsteroidal , adverse effect , intensive care medicine , delphi , alternative medicine , clinical practice , medline , family medicine , statistics , mathematics , pathology , computer science , political science , law , operating system
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), one of the most commonly used medications worldwide, are frequently associated with gastrointestinal adverse events. Primary care physicians often face the challenge of achieving adequate pain relief with NSAIDs, while keeping their adverse events to a minimum. This is especially true when long-term use of NSAIDs is required such as in patients with osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. To help primary care physicians deal with such challenges more effectively, a panel of expert gastroenterologists came together with the aim of developing practice recommendations.