NSAIDs and cardiovascular risk explained
" showed that they posed a cardiovascular hazard, similar in magnitude to that resulting from being a smoker or a diabetic " 04 May 2012 PHILADELPHIA – After nearly 13 years…
Short term use of painkillers could be dangerous to heart patients / Risk of death increased 45 to 55%
Public release date: 9-May-2011 Even short-term use of some painkillers could be dangerous for people who’ve had a heart attack, according to research published in Circulation: Journal of the American…
Common painkillers linked to increased risk of heart problems
Public release date: 11-Jan-2011 The drugs include traditional non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS) as well as new generation anti-inflammatory drugs, known as COX-2 inhibitors. The researchers say that doctors and…
Celecoxib can adversely affect heart rhythm
Public release date: 14-Jan-2008 COX-2 inhibitors like Celecoxib have come under scrutiny lately due to adverse cardiovascular side-effects stemming from COX-2 reduction. In both fruit fly and rat models, researchers…
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