Arthritis

Lumiracoxib Study Showed Significantly Less Impact on Blood Pressure Than Ibuprofen in Osteoarthritis Patients with Controlled Hypertension

Published in Drug Week, July 6th, 2007

Patients with osteoarthritis who also have controlled hypertension experienced a slight decrease in average daily blood pressure when treated with the investigational selective COX-2 inhibitor lumiracoxib compared to a slight increase in those taking ibuprofen, a commonly-used non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID).

These new results, presented today at the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR) in Barcelona, are important because around 40% of patients with osteoarthritis also have high blood pressure (or hypertension).

While this study did not assess long-term cardiovascular outcomes, independent research shows that even small...

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