Which of the following drug is associated with the highest cardiac moality?
Correct Answer: Rofecoxib
Description: Coxibs are selective cox2 inhibitors- Basically, Coxibs are NSAIDS They won't cause gastric acidity as they won't exe their effect on cox-1 but as there is an increased chance of cardiac events like hea attack due to excess thrombosis Excess thrombosis is due to decrease in PGI2 and enhanced TXA2 Ref: KD Tripathi 8th ed.
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