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Article: Painkiller clue to bad hearts; HEALTH: Ibuprofen linked to coronary failure in shock study.(News)
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- Birmingham Mail (England)
- Article date:
- June 2, 2006
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Byline: By Mail Reporter
COMMON painkillers such as ibuprofen can double the risk of suffering a heart attack, experts said today.
New research has shown that non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs ibuprofen and diclofenac could cause attacks when taken in high doses.
The drugs have been previously noted for increasing heart attack risk, but experts say this is the biggest and most definitive study of its kind.
Vioxx, part of a group of anti-inflammatories known as COX-2 inhibitors, was banned in 2004 after it was shown that patients on the drug were more than twice as likely to have heart attacks as those not taking it. The latest ...