Prescribing of Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs to Patients with Diabetes Mellitus in Portugal

Bigotte Vieira, Miguel; Sérgio Neves, João; Baeta Baptista, Rute; Leitão, Lia; Viegas Dias, Catarina; Vicente, Ricardo; Nascimento, Nilton; Costa Leite, Celina; Rocha, Isabel; Magriço, Rita

doi:10.20344/amp.10815

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Prescribing of Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs to Patients with Diabetes Mellitus in Portugal

Published in Acta Médica Portuguesa • Feb 28, 2019

Authors:

Miguel Bigotte Vieira

João Sérgio Neves

Rute Baeta Baptista

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Portugal presents the highest incidence of stage 5 chronic kidney disease in Europe. It is speculated that a high consumption of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS) may contribute to this high incidence. Our aim was to characterize the prescription of non-steroidal anti-infl...

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Medicine

Diabetes mellitus

Medical prescription

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