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Report says painkillers raise heart risk in men
Category: Cold Therapy
Feb 28, 2007
WASHINGTON -- Popular painkillers such as aspirin, ibuprofen, and acetaminophen can raise blood pressure and thus the risk of heart disease among men, US researchers reported yesterday.
Men who took such drugs for most days in a week were about one-third more likely to be diagnosed with high blood pressure than men not taking them, the researchers found.
Their findings, published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, reinforce a study published in 2002 that these commonly used drugs raise blood pressure in women.
"This is a potentially preventable cause of high blood pressure," Dr. John Forman of Brigham and Women's Hospital, who led the study, said in a statement.
Millions of people take the painkillers as pills every day to treat headaches, arthritis, muscle pulls, and other aches and pains.
"These are the three most commonly used drugs in the United States," Dr. Gary Curhan, who also worked on the study, said in a telephone interview.
"We advise physicians to start with non-pharmacologic treatments such as physical therapy and exercise, weight loss to reduce stress on joints, and heat or cold therapy," said Dr. Elliott Antman of the Heart Association and Brigham and Women's Hospital.