Patients May Be Taking Over the Counter Medications That Interaect Wtih Apixiban
Many patients take over-the-counter (OTC) products with potentially serious interactions with the direct-acting oral anticoagulant apixaban.
Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs
Antidepressant, NSAID Use Raises Risk of Intracranial Hemorrhage
There was no indication that any particular type of antidepressant was associated with a greater risk.
Stroke Mortality High in New First-Gen Cox-2 Inhibitor Users
Older nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs that selectively inhibit cyclooxygenase-2 enzyme, like etodolac and diclofenac, upped stroke mortality.
