High Dose Pain Relief Medication Endanger Heart

The use of high doses of pain medication and in the long term could increase the risk of heart attack. On the other hand, they also have benefits. Class of non-steroidal analgesics (NSAIDs) high dose known to increase the risk of heart problems, such as heart attack, stroke, or death from heart disease. However, in large-scale study known person taking analgesics high doses every day for a year, about one-third actually protected from heart attack. "It could be said that the pain relief medicines have risks and benefits are almost the same," said Colin 

Baigent of Oxford University who led the clinical trials of the drug. He stressed that the risk of heart disease is generally quite high in people who suffer from chronic pain, such as arthritis patients who need to take a pain reliever in high doses. "But low-dose pain medication, for example for muscle pain, freely purchased and used in the short term is not dangerous," he said. Research conducted Baigent and his team collected data from 639 random trials of drugs known as NSAIDs. Even so the patient is asked not to stop treatment without consulting your doctor. "For patients with arthritis, NSAIDs reduce joint pain and swelling effectively. The use of these drugs improve the quality of life of patients," he said. In other words, despite high doses of pain medication has risks but also great benefits. Google Translate for Business:Translator ToolkitWebsite TranslatorGlobal Market Finder Turn off instant translationAbout Google TranslateMobileCommunityPrivacy & TermsHelpSend feedback