Friday, 11 January 2013

Acute Kidney Injury Associated With Dual Antihypertensive Therapy And NSAIDs

Adding a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) to dual antihypertensive therapy (a diuretic plus either an ACE inhibitor or an angiotensin receptor blocker) is associated with an increase in risk for kidney injury, according to a large new retrospective study published in BMJ.