COX-2, NSAID Concomitant Use With GI Protective Drugs Is Similar, Study Says
Executive Summary
COX-2 inhibitor patients use gastro-protective drugs at approximately the same rate as patients taking traditional nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, an Express Scripts-sponsored study suggests
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