The benefits of NSAIDs need to be balanced against known
cardiovascular and gastrointestinal risks.81 Attempts to wean
patients off NSAIDS are worth making, giving them the opportunity
to have 5e10 day courses of these drugs for exacerbations
of pain.
Similarly, longer term opioid analgesia82 may encourage
sedation, effects on the gastrointestinal tract (nausea or