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NSAIDs Linked to Heart Attacks

  • February 07, 2018

The fact that Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS) are both widely used and considerably more dangerous than advertised has long since been established. In the United States, more than 70 million prescriptions for NSAIDs are written annually.  Each year, an estimated 107,000 patients are hospitalized for NSAID-related gastrointestinal complications. At least 16,500 NSAID-related deaths occur each year among arthritis patients alone. Now a new study in BMJ has linked NSAIDs...