Perspective Cardiovascular Risk of NSAIDs: Time to Translate Knowledge into Practice

Clinical use of non-steroidal anti-inflam-matory drugs (NSAIDs) carries cardiovas-cular risk, which acquires implications for public health against the backdrop of rising chronic disease rates in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). New evidence from an international study conducted by Patricia McGettigan and David Henry and published this week in PLOS Medicine [1] sheds light on how emerging evidence about NSAID risk is poorly translated into practice and sales in countries around the world, raising questions about the use and promotion of potentially harmful drugs. NSAIDs are extensively prescribed fo