Prescription of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory and antirheumatic drugs in outpatient hypertensive patients.

Background: It has been documented that NSAIDs (nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory and antirheumatic drugs) reduce the effectiveness of some antihypertensive drugs.

Objective: Analyze the prescription of NSAID and the variables associated in outpatients with hypertension and explore some characteristics of the physicians.

Material And Methods: Cross-sectional study, included patients with hypertension from the Family Medicine Unit No.