Acute pancreatitis with long-term celecoxib vs. ibuprofen or naproxen : data from the PRECISION trial

To the Editor: We read with interest the paper by Hung et al.[1] "Use of celecoxib correlates with increased relative risk of acute pancreatitis: a case-control study in Taiwan". The authors found an odds ratio of 5.6 (95% CI 3.33-9.46) for developing acute pancreatitis in subjects taking celecoxib compared with non-users. Their study was not designed to assess whether the coxib associated with a different risk of pancreatitis than non-selective non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (nsNSAIDs).