Frequent use of prescription NSAIDs among people with knee or hip osteoarthritis despite contraindications to or precautions with NSAIDs.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe the use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID), opioids, and physiotherapy (PT) among persons with newly diagnosed knee or hip osteoarthritis (OA) with and without NSAID contraindications or precautions.

Design

We used population-based register data to identify adults aged ≥35 as of January 1, 2014, residing in Skåne region (Sweden) between 2004 and 2013, without a previous knee or hip OA diagnosis. Among this cohort, we identified people with incident knee or hip OA diagnosis between 2014 and 2018 and the presence of contraindications to or precautions for oral NSAIDs at the time of OA diagnosis. We estimated the risk of 1) regular oral NSAID use, 2) regular opioid use, and 3) PT during the first year after diagnosis among those with vs. with

SUBMITTER: Neogi T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11563888 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature