{"id":7922,"date":"2018-10-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-08T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icesontario.wpengine.com\/news-releases\/common-arthritis-medications-routinely-prescribed-to-high-risk-patients\/"},"modified":"2023-06-14T18:16:11","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T22:16:11","slug":"common-arthritis-medications-routinely-prescribed-to-high-risk-patients","status":"publish","type":"news_release","link":"https:\/\/www.ices.on.ca\/fr\/news-releases\/common-arthritis-medications-routinely-prescribed-to-high-risk-patients\/","title":{"rendered":"Common arthritis medications routinely prescribed to high-risk patients"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nearly 10 per cent of patients considered to be high risk with existing heart or kidney conditions, who see their family doctor with a musculoskeletal disorder like back pain are prescribed common arthritis medication that could cause them harm or complications, according to a new study by researchers at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES)<\/span> and Women's College Hospital (WCH).<\/p>\n

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Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) represent one of the most common classes of medications used worldwide, with an estimated usage of more than 30 million per day. NSAIDs are commonly prescribed and effective for the treatment of musculoskeletal pain and are commonly used for arthritis. NSAIDs are not recommended for people with heart failure, chronic kidney disease and high blood pressure.<\/p>\n

“International guidelines recommend against prescribing NSAIDs to patients with high blood pressure, heart failure and chronic kidney disease but our findings show that these common medications are routinely prescribed with widespread provider-level variation,” says Dr. Sacha Bhatia<\/a>, lead author on the study and ICES adjunct scientist.<\/p>\n

The study published today in JAMA Internal Medicine<\/em>, used administrative data housed at ICES, and included more than 2.4 million primary care visits for a musculoskeletal disorder involving nearly 815,000 patients aged 65 or older with a history of high blood pressure, heart failure and\/or chronic kidney disease from 2012 to 2016.<\/p>\n

The researchers found:<\/p>\n