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Is esomeprazole useful for the treatment of upper gastrointestinal symptoms in patients on NSAIDs?

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boxed-textHawkey C et al. (2005) Improvements with esomeprazole in patients with upper gastrointestinal symptoms taking non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, including selective COX-2 inhibitors. Am J Gastroenterol 100: 1028–1036

Esomeprazole improves upper gastrointestinal symptoms, in particular reflux-like or ulcer-like symptoms, in patients taking selective or nonselective nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs

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Lai, K. Is esomeprazole useful for the treatment of upper gastrointestinal symptoms in patients on NSAIDs?. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 2, 504–505 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpgasthep0321

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