What are the cardiovascular complications of the analgesics and glucocorticoids?

When prescribing a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory treatment but also an analgesic or a glucocorticoid, the cardiovascular risk of the patient should be assessed. The analgesics have few cardiovascular side effects and the main complications observed are linked essentially to the vagal action of the...

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Published inLa Presse médicale (1983) Vol. 35 Suppl 1; p. 47
Main Authors Dufauret-Lombard, Carine, Bertin, Philippe
Format Journal Article
LanguageFrench
Published France 01.09.2006
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Acetaminophen - toxicity
Analgesics - toxicity
Cardiovascular Diseases - epidemiology
Drug Prescriptions
Dyslipidemias - epidemiology
Glucocorticoids - toxicity
Humans
Hypertension - epidemiology
Hypokalemia - epidemiology
Risk Factors
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Summary:When prescribing a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory treatment but also an analgesic or a glucocorticoid, the cardiovascular risk of the patient should be assessed. The analgesics have few cardiovascular side effects and the main complications observed are linked essentially to the vagal action of the opioids. Acetaminophen is considered by several scientific societies to be the first line analgesic treatment, particularly in case of cardiovascular risk but with caution since cardiovascular toxicity of acetaminophen cannot be totally excluded. An overdose of dextropropoxyphene can result in cardiotoxicity. On the other hand, the glucocorticoids need to be prescribed cautiously, at the lowest possible dose and for the shortest possible duration due to the non-negligible cardiovascular risk, hypertension, dyslipidemia, hypokaliemia.
ISSN:2213-0276
DOI:10.1016/S0755-4982(06)74940-5