Study links painkillers to increased risk of heart attack

Some of the most commonly used painkillers can increase long-term users' heart-attack risk by more than a third, an in-depth study into their side-effects has shown.

One year's high-dose treatment with over-the-counter painkillers such as ibuprofen and diclofenac, used by hundreds of thousands of arthritis sufferers in the UK, leads to three avoidable heart-attacks and one fatal heart-attack for every 1,000 users, researchers said.

Independent

Study links painkillers to increased risk of heart attack

Some of the most commonly used painkillers can increase long-term users' heart-attack risk by more than a third, an in-depth study into their side-effects has shown.

One year's high-dose treatment with over-the-counter painkillers such as ibuprofen and diclofenac, used by hundreds of thousands of arthritis sufferers in the UK, leads to three avoidable heart-attacks and one fatal heart-attack for every 1,000 users, researchers said.

Independent

Brussels eases Spain’s deficit target for this year to 6.5 percent of GDP

• In return, European Commission demands timely implementation of structural reforms
• Portugal given until 2015 to meet the EU's three-percent ceiling

El Pais

Brussels eases Spain’s deficit target for this year to 6.5 percent of GDP

• In return, European Commission demands timely implementation of structural reforms
• Portugal given until 2015 to meet the EU's three-percent ceiling

El Pais

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A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer. -Bruce Lee

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