Major adverse cardiovascular events and mortality with opioids versus NSAIDs initiation in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Conclusion Opioids had similar MACE risk compared with NSAIDs in patients with RA with increased all-cause mortality and likely VTE, which suggests that opioids are not safer than NSAIDs, as clinicians have perceived.
Source: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases - Category: Rheumatology Authors: Tags: ARD, Epidemiology Source Type: research