Study: Painkiller use carries heart attack risk

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New Article....

 

More NSAIDS (anti-inflammatory drugs) may cause heart attack risk...

 

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Jan / Michigan

 

http://www.newsday.com/news/health/ny-hsibu0611,0,6214235.story?

coll=ny-health-big-pix

 

Or if above link gets broken up:

http://tinyurl.com/benkx

 

Study: Painkiller use carries heart attack risk

 

<snips> (See above link for full article)

 

Widely used painkillers may carry a significant risk of heart attack,

according to a British analysis that raises questions about the

safety of ibuprofen and other drugs in its class.

 

The drug family is known as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatories, or

NSAIDs, prescribed for pain and inflammation. More arthritis patients

recently began taking NSAIDS after fleeing related medications -- COX-

2 inhibitors -- because of their link to heart attack and strokes.

 

We think that enough concerns exist to warrant a reconsideration of

the cardiovascular safety of all NSAIDs, " said Julia Hippisley-Cox,

lead investigator of the British study and a professor of

epidemiology at the University of Nottingham. Her analysis is

reported Saturday in the British Medical Journal....

 

Dr. David L. Brown, chief of cardiovascular medicine at Stony Brook

University Hospital, said evidence continues to mount against certain

NSAIDs.....

[Guest guest]

There were articles to this effect in the newspapers this week:

> More NSAIDS (anti-inflammatory drugs) may cause heart attack risk...

One of the worst offenders (apparently) is Ibuprophen. Recently I had a

gargantuan toothache and took very high doses of ths drug (not at all

herbal, I know).

 

Is there any way I can determine if my heart has been damaged in any

way?

Are there any remedies/herbs/preparations etc that I should look at

taking to " undo " (if that's possible) any damage??? Or strengthen my

heart???

 

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