PAINKILLER PROBLEMS
Taking anti-inflammatory painkillers for just seven days could increase your risk of a heart attack, new research has found.
The researched, published in the British Medical Journal, used individual patient data taken from large observational studies, investigating the use of commonly-used non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), such as ibuprofen, and heart attacks. The studies looked at whether patients had been prescribed one of five NSAIDs and, taking this into account, compared those who had had a heart attack with those who had not.