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ReviewCurrent pain and headache reports2007

The problem with NSAIDs: what data to believe?

Gayle McKellar, Rajan Madhok, Gurkirpal Singh

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Review in Current pain and headache reports, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Long-chain carboxychromanols, metabolites of vitamin E, are potent inhibitors of cyclooxygenases.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2008
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Gayle McKellarCenter for Rheumatic Diseases, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Castle Street, Glasgow G4 0SF, UK. gayle.mckellar@northglasgow.scot.nhs.uk
Rajan Madhok
Gurkirpal Singh
Glasgow Royal Infirmary · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Patients with rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis have relied upon NSAIDs as a cornerstone of their analgesic regime for decades. The choice of anti-inflammatory agents broadened for this group of patients when the selective inhibitors of cyclooxygenase-2 enzyme were developed. Much has been published in the past few years regarding the superior gastrointestinal safety of this class of drugs when compared with traditional NSAIDs. Their triumphant debut was swiftly followed by the emergence of data detailing their associated increased serious cardiovascular risks. This also led to a reevaluation of data concerning more traditional NSAIDs, and surprisingly, a similar trend was seen. The US Food and Drug Administration has recommended that both classes of drugs carry a black box warning with regard to gastrointestinal and cardiovascular risks.

Indexed as

AnimalsAnti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-SteroidalArthritis, RheumatoidCardiovascular DiseasesCyclooxygenase 2 InhibitorsGastrointestinal DiseasesHumansAnti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-SteroidalCyclooxygenase 2 Inhibitors

Identifiers

PMID18173976
OpenAlexW2095459604

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