Abstracts tagged "meloxicam"

Abstract Number: 2359 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016
Dose-Related Risks of Cardiovascular, Gastrointestinal, and Renal Adverse Events Associated with Meloxicam Among Patients with Osteoarthritis: An Observational Study Using US Claims Data
Elaine Hoffman¹, Deirdre M. Mladsi¹, Byron Cryer², William Hopkins³, D. Craig Brater⁴, Rohan Parikh¹, Ravi Goyal¹, Jordi Castellsague⁵, Dana Stafkey-Mailey⁶ and Clarence Young⁷, ¹Health Economics, RTI Health Solutions, Research Triangle Park, NC, ²University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, TX, ³Fletcher Allen Health Care, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT, ⁴Indiana University School of Medicine, Bloomington, IN, ⁵Epidemiology, RTI Health Solutions, Barcelona, Spain, ⁶Xcenda, AmerisourceBergen, Palm Harbor, FL, ⁷Iroko Pharmaceuticals, LLC, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Safety studies have shown that risks associated with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are related to dose; however, there is little evidence regarding this dose-toxicity…