Are cyclooxygenase 2 inhibitors free of gastrointestinal side effects?

West J Med. 2001 Oct;175(4):267-8. doi: 10.1136/ewjm.175.4.267.

Authors

I Bjarnason¹, K D Rainsford

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medicine, Guy's, King's, St Thomas' Medical School, Bessemer Rd, London SE5 9PJ, UK. ingvar.bjarnason@kcl.ac.uk

No abstract available

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Cyclooxygenase 2
Cyclooxygenase 2 Inhibitors
Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors / adverse effects*
Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors / therapeutic use
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
Gastrointestinal Diseases / chemically induced*
Gastrointestinal Diseases / diagnosis*
Gastroscopy
Humans
Isoenzymes / pharmacology
Membrane Proteins
Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases / pharmacology
Risk Assessment
Sensitivity and Specificity
Stomach Ulcer / chemically induced
Stomach Ulcer / diagnosis

Substances

Cyclooxygenase 2 Inhibitors
Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors
Isoenzymes
Membrane Proteins
Cyclooxygenase 2
PTGS2 protein, human
Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases