Ibuprofen increases heart risk by a fifth. Chris Smyth, Health Editor September 29 2016, 12:01am, The Times

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Ibuprofen increases heart risk by a fifth 

Doctors are urged to study the treatment of patients who are taking painkillers called non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs long termPress Association Common painkillers such as ibuprofen increase the risk of heart problems by a fifth, the largest study of its kind has found.

Drugs taken by millions of people over the counter and routinely prescribed by GPs can lead to patients being taken to hospital with heart failure, researchers concluded.

Doctors have been urged to review the treatment of patients taking the painkillers, called non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), long term. 

[mwanjera]

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