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Table 4 The opinion of community pharmacists on the best approach to decrease the adverse events of NSAIDs (n = 751)

From: Evaluation of the knowledge, practices, and attitudes of community pharmacists towards adverse effects of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs): a cross-sectional study

Practice item

Frequency (%)

In your opinion which of the following measures or approaches are best to use for minimising gastrointestinal side effects of NSAIDs?

Reducing the dose of NSAIDs

113 (15.0%)

Changing to a safer drug on the gastrointestinal tract (e.g., COX2 selective inhibitor)

339 (45.0%)

Offering a gastro-protective agent (e.g., antacid, proton pump inhibitors, histamine receptor blockers, misoprostol)

154 (20.5%)

Advising patients to take oral NSAIDs with food or with a full glass of water

145 (19.3%)

In your opinion which of the following measures or approaches are the best to use for minimising the renal side effects of NSAIDs?

Reducing the dose

118 (15.7%)

Changing to a safer drug on the kidney (e.g., acetaminophen)

362 (48.1%)

Advising patients not to use NSAIDs for more than 10 days to relief pain and not more than 3 days to relief fever

219 (29.1%)

Advising patients to take oral NSAIDs with food

52 (6.9%)

Which of the following is the least important teaching point on NSAID to counsel patients on?

NSAIDs are nonprescription pain relievers in Egypt

307 (40.8%)

Before using any medicine ask your doctor/pharmacist if it is safe to use it while using NSAIDs

217 (28.8%)

NSAIDs may not be good in people at risk for kidney disease

154 (20.5%)

Adding NSAIDs to some blood pressure medicines can increase the harm to the kidney

73 (9.7%)

  1. COX-2 cyclooxygenase-2, GI gastrointestinal, NSAIDs nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs