An oral dosage form of a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) is rendered safer for extended or chronic use for anti-inflammatory, analgesic or antipyretic therapy by combining it with an antihypertensive drug. The antihypertensive drug acts prophylactically to inhibit or reduce NSAID-induced hypertension and by so doing the adverse cardiovascular side effects of NSAIDs, such as high blood pressure, heart attack, stroke, opththamologic complications, and death, when NSAIDs are used repetitively over an extended period of time for reducing inflammation or in pain management.
