Cyclooxygenase-2???Specific Inhibitors and Cardiorenal Function: A Randomized, Controlled Trial of Celecoxib and Rofecoxib in Older Hypertensive Osteoarthritis Patients

Abstract

Patients taking antihypertensive therapy and receiving cyclooxygenase-2-specific inhibitors should be monitored for the development of cardiorenal events. Patients receiving celecoxib experienced less edema and less destabilization of blood pressure control compared with those receiving rofecoxib.