PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Bolten, W W TI - Problem of the atherothrombotic potential of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs AID - 10.1136/ard.2005.036269 DP - 2006 Jan 01 TA - Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases PG - 7--13 VI - 65 IP - 1 4099 - http://ard.bmj.com/content/65/1/7.short 4100 - http://ard.bmj.com/content/65/1/7.full SO - Ann Rheum Dis2006 Jan 01; 65 AB - Treatment of pain in rheumatoid arthritis must take into account the gastrointestinal and cardiovascular risk of individual patients. Adequate results are not yet available, and until they are, treatment recommendations must take into account, not only the more favourable gastrointestinal risk profile of selective COX-2 inhibitors, but also the potential atherothrombotic risk of any NSAID or selective COX-2 inhibitor treatment.