NSAID GI deaths
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Severe gastrointestinal bleeding causes 15 deaths for every 100,000 users of NSAIDs or aspirin, a Spanish study published in the August American Journal of Gastroenterology finds. The study, which was based on death counts collected from 26 hospitals in 2001, discovered that up to one third of hospitalizations and deaths attributed to GI bleeding is related to NSAID/aspirin use, Angel Lanas, MD, University Hospital, Zaragoza, Spain, et al., state. Up to one third of all NSAID/aspirin deaths can be attributed to low-dose aspirin use, researchers observed. Out of 8,101 reported severe GI events, death occurred in 5.7% of cases...