Commonly used painkillers such as ibuprofen, naproxen and other NSAIDS ( Non steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) have been found to be associated with an increased risk of heart failure.
-The study was published in the British Medical Journal and used data for almost 10 million NSAIDs users from the UK, the Netherlands, Italy and Germany between 2000-2010.
-The study found that people who had taken any NSAID in the previous 14 days had a 19% increased risk of hospital admission for heart failure compared with people who had used NSAIDs at any point in the past.
– The increased risk of hospital admission ranged from 16% for naproxen to 83% for ketorolac.
-The researchers suggest that these painkillers need to be used with caution in patients with, or at high risk of, heart disease. This applies mostly to those people who take them on a daily basis.
Source: British Medical Journal