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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-6-27
pubmed:abstractText
Data from 58 premarketing studies of the nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug flurbiprofen were pooled for analyses of adverse drug reactions (ADRs). These studies included 5602 patients treated with flurbiprofen (N = 4123), aspirin (N = 1033), or placebo (N = 446) for varying durations. Diagnoses included rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, and other painful musculoskeletal conditions. In these studies serious upper gastrointestinal ADRs occurred in flurbiprofen-treated patients at less than one half the rate seen in aspirin-treated patients. The incidence of serious urinary tract ADRs was lower with flurbiprofen than with aspirin. The flurbiprofen group had no serious clinical ADRs related to the hemic/lymphatic system. The most common laboratory abnormality was a decrease in hematocrit, which occurred less often than in the aspirin group. We also evaluated serious flurbiprofen-related ADRs in 4370 patients in a variety of other studies and reviewed published reports of flurbiprofen clinical trials and case reports. These reviews showed no additional, unanticipated patterns of intolerance. These clinical safety data indicate that in the doses studied, flurbiprofen is a well tolerated agent for patients requiring nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug therapy.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0091-2700
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
30
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
342-51
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Clinical safety of flurbiprofen.
pubmed:affiliation
Pharmaceutical Research Division, Upjohn Company, Kalamazoo, Michigan 49001.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial