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Do antirheumatic drugs increase the risk of acute myocardial infarction?

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boxed-textSuissa S et al. (2006) Antirheumatic drug use and the risk of acute myocardial infarction. Arthritis Rheum 55: 531–536

Neither DMARDs nor COX2 inhibitors increase the risk of acute myocardial infarction in this RA population; DMARDs might actually attenuate this risk

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