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

[Sir Mix-a-lot]

But it reduces the risk for prostate cancer:
http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2011/May/26051101.asp


On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 10:23 PM, <mkwart at gci.net> wrote:

> 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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