reps claim the new Duexis is safer than plain NSAIDs
November 2011
You'll hear reps claim the new Duexis is safer than plain NSAIDs.
But it's usually not the best choice.
Duexis is a combo of ibuprofen 800 mg and famotidine 26.6 mg for TID dosing. This provides about 80 mg/day of famotidine...the dose that has been shown to reduce NSAID-induced ulcers.
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