When in pain, the urge to take a painkiller is irresistible, whether it’s a headache that is ruining your day or a backache that is paralyzing you from doing the simplest tasks in life, the easiest and fastest solution sometimes is to go for the medicine cabinet. I am one of the people that use painkillers on daily basis, although I always knew that it was not healthy, I never expected they can cause serious problems like mentioned in this article. The article, however, excludes two types of painkillers, which are, Aspirin and Tylenol (acetaminophen
Several commonly-prescribed NSAIDs — celecoxib, rofecoxib, and the three main traditional NSAIDS (diclofenac, ibuprofen, and naproxen) — were of particular interest to the researchers.
It was found that the overall risk of experiencing a heart attack was 20 to 50 percent higher in people that used these drugs vs. those who didn’t use NSAIDs.
“Painkillers affect the blood pressure, so they raise blood pressure. They also cause renal damage — kidney damage — so that’s definitely part of the profile, increasing the cardiovascular risk,” said Gupta. “Even though not touched in this study, but widely known, is that painkillers also increase the risk of GI bleeds. Ulcers in the stomach is one of the very common side effects of taking painkillers.”
Although most people don’t differentiate between painkillers, each type works better for different pains. Since I realize that avoiding painkillers is sometimes impossible, I try to take the painkiller that would work best in my case to reduce the amount of painkiller consumption. Because normally if you don’t feel better after a few hours you might go for a second dose or a different type of painkiller until your pain is gone.
Here is a video of how painkillers are different from each other:
Here is the full article.
How Painkillers Could Be Hurting Your Heart
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