Short term use of painkillers could be dangerous to heart patients
Monday, May 9, 2011 - 20:30
in Health & Medicine
Short-term use of some painkillers could still be dangerous for people who've had a heart attack. The time-to-event observational research found "no safe window" for NSAID use among heart attack survivors. The non-selective NSAID diclofenac was associated with early onset risk similar to the selective COX-2 inhibitor rofecoxib.