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01-02-2016 | Letter to the Editor
Reply to the letter by Kawada entitled ‘‘Combined effect of proton-pump inhibitors and other drugs with regard to lower gastrointestinal tract bleeding with special reference to low-dose aspirin’’
Authors:
Naoyoshi Nagata, Takuro Shimbo
Published in:
Journal of Gastroenterology
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Issue 2/2016
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Excerpt
We thank Tomoyuki Kawada for his interest in our article that examined the effects of proton-pump inhibitors (PPIs) with regard to the risk of acute lower gastrointestinal tract bleeding and the effects of their interactions with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), low-dose aspirin, clopidogrel, and warfarin with regard to the risk of lower gastrointestinal tract bleeding [
1]. Kawada highlighted three limitations in our study. …