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Approaches to using active comparators are described for case-crossover design, case-time-control design, self-controlled case-series, and sequence symmetry analyses. In the empirical example, we used Danish data from 1996\u20132018 to study the association between penicillin and venous thromboembolism (VTE), using roxithromycin, a macrolide antibiotic, as comparator. Upper respiratory infection is a transient risk factor for VTE, thus representing time-dependent confounding by indication. Odds ratios for case-crossover analysis were 3.35 (95% confidence interval: 3.23, 3.49) for penicillin and 3.56 (95% confidence interval: 3.30, 3.83) for roxithromycin. We used a Wald-based method or an interaction term to estimate the odds ratio for penicillin with roxithromycin as comparator. These 2 estimates were 0.94 (95% confidence interval: 0.87, 1.03) and 1.03 (95% confidence interval: 0.95, 1.13). Results were similar for the case-time-control analysis, but both the self-controlled case-series and sequence symmetry analysis suggested a weak protective effect of penicillin, seemingly explained by VTE affecting future exposure exclusively for penicillin. The strong association of antibiotics with VTE suggests presence of confounding by indication. 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