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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I've never tried Vioxx and probably now never will, although I have an old outdated prescription for it lying around.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sunnydale47 with thanks!]I've never tried Vioxx and probably now never will, although I have an old outdated prescription for it lying around.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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Amen, brother. :-/ Or, heck, publish studies about risk, and THEN butt out of the final decision. I would want that decision to be between the doctor and patient... or between the patient and his or her own Deity.
self-medicating for athletic purposes who had been told that very high doses were just fine for keeping joints quiet.
Heh, yeah. Again, I'm for giving an adult a good risk assessment and then letting him decide, BUT taking high doses of a potentially damaging medication so you can win the track meet does seem a little less... necessary... than taking them so you'll stay away from the sharp knives. :-)