[pct-l] Ibuprofen use increases the risk of heart attack

[mkwart at gci.net]

Good article--I will add it to my info on ibuprofen.
--Fireweed


On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 4:47 PM , Yoshihiro Murakami wrote:

> Dear Fireweed
>
> There are many articles, which pointed out the risk of cardiovascular
> trouble of anti-inflammatory drugs.
>
> I have filed the most reliable article in my site.
>
> http://bit.ly/mUuQYP
>
> This article is a meta-analysis of 31 large scale randomized
> controlled trial.  Little evidence of drugs exists. Naproxen seemed
> least harmful.
>
>
>
>
> 2011/6/12  <mkwart at gci.net>:
>> I had been taking Advil at the end of the day on the trail as a 
>> matter
>> of course until I started feeling mild twinges of pain in my heart 
>> after
>> I took it. Then I saw the warning on the label two summers ago about 
>> the
>> increase in heart attack risk.  Here is an article explaining what my
>> body had been telling me for
>> 
>> years------http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-06-11-nsaids-heart_N.htm.
>> Danish researchers found that NSAID pain medications not only 
>> increased
>> the risk of heart attack for those with heart disease but for healthy
>> people. They even mentioned people who are physically active and take
>> these drugs routinely for pain.
>>
>> Naproxen (Aleve) doesn't seem to have the same risk, according to the
>> article.
>>
>> Fireweed
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