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Keeping patients with arthritis out of the hospital
1Arthritis Associates of Connecticut/New York, Danbury, CT, USA.
Managed Care Interface
|May 7, 1998
Abstract:
The use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in the treatment of osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis is frequently associated with gastrointestinal complications, particularly gastric bleeding. The author outlines a strategy for avoiding these complications, thereby decreasing the risk for hospitalization and/or death.