Health: At the time that I was working in the ER (a long time ago) OTC NSAIDS were not even available in Canada and naproxen and ibuprofen has just become OTC in the US. Most of the GI bleeds that I saw were from prescribed medication – often from just using the prescribed dose, but most often from the “if one is good then two are better” use of the med. Of course, as soon as these meds became OTC in the US, the airways were swamped with advertisements and Canadians were bringing the stuff in in large amounts from the US, so some of the cases were from OTC use/abuse.
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