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Anti-inflammatories and risk of heart problems
I keep hearing news of heart problems related to anti-inflammatories. Vioxx, Bextra, Celebrex, and now naproxen sodium (Aleve) have all been found to carry some risk. [Links plagiarized from ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
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I've never tried Vioxx and probably now never will, although I have an old outdated prescription for it lying around. It's been taken off the market entirely. Bextra and Celebrex do little or nothing for me. Naproxen works.
I can see getting worried about the dangers. I can understand this news being the reason for changing what one would do, if one's pain isn't all that bad to begin with.
My life without anti-inflammatories wouldn't be worth a mouse's fart. I'm going to keep taking Aleve. Of course, I am also going to hope that I'm lucky enough to escape the heart trouble. My life WITH anti-inflammatories is worth keeping.
I am also going to stock up in case the FDA decides for me what risks I can and cannot take.
sunnydale47 with thanks!]I've never tried Vioxx and probably now never will, although I have an old outdated prescription for it lying around. It's been taken off the market entirely. Bextra and Celebrex do little or nothing for me. Naproxen works.
I can see getting worried about the dangers. I can understand this news being the reason for changing what one would do, if one's pain isn't all that bad to begin with.
My life without anti-inflammatories wouldn't be worth a mouse's fart. I'm going to keep taking Aleve. Of course, I am also going to hope that I'm lucky enough to escape the heart trouble. My life WITH anti-inflammatories is worth keeping.
I am also going to stock up in case the FDA decides for me what risks I can and cannot take.
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Well, there is that. :-)
For me it's really about whether life would be WORTH LIVING without the help that the drug can provide. I think most folk have absolutely no idea what serious, long-term, chronic, and *severe* pain can do to someone. If I'm already at the point where I can calmly say I'd rather not live than go back to that, then a small risk of death does seem better than not taking the Aleve.