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Pain is often prolonged by anti-inflammatory drugs
Treatment using steroids and anti-inflammatory drugs like ibuprofen to treat low back pain can increase the risk of developing tenacious chronic pain.
Atrial fibrillation risk increased by non-steroidal antiinflammatory drugs
NSAIDs increased the risk for atrial fibrillation. Practitioners must bear in mind the potential for all non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs to cause atrial fibrillation by aggravating or triggering latent autoimmune inflammation due to gut barrier compromise.
Acute bronchitis: antibiotic no better than placebo
Another study recently published in BMJ (British Medical Journal) offers further evidence that antibiotics are not helpful for uncomplicated acute bronchitis even when the sputum is discolored.
Acute mountain sickness can be helped by ibuprofen
Acute mountain sickness can be helped by ibuprofen
The use of any non-aspirin NSAIDs during pregnancy increases the risk of spontaneous abortion
The use of any non-aspirin NSAIDs during pregnancy increases the risk of spontaneous abortion
Those who have had a heart attack should never take a NSAID
Those who have had a heart attack should never take a NSAID
NSAID use associated with increased cardiovascular death
NSAID use associated with increased cardiovascular death