Archive for February, 2007



Pain Drug Caution for Heart Patients (MedicineNet.com)

Tuesday 27 February 2007 @ 3:37 pm
Title: Pain Drug Caution for Heart Patients Category: Health News Created: 2/27/2007 Last Editorial Review: 2/27/2007



Making the Painful Connection (EARTHtimes.org)

Tuesday 27 February 2007 @ 7:41 am
Common painkillers such as Acetaminophen, ibuprofen and aspirin, if used regularly, are believed to increase the risk of high blood pressure and consequently heart disease in men.



Heart association urges no pain-med use at first (The Plain Dealer)

Tuesday 27 February 2007 @ 7:16 am
Doctors treating people for chronic pain should avoid using all medications - at least at first - the American Heart Association advised Monday in guidelines designed to have a significant impact on the use of medications known as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or NSAIDs.



Dealers, family biggest sources of illegal prescription painkillers (Asbury Park Press)

Tuesday 27 February 2007 @ 4:42 am
Despite media reports of addicts getting prescription painkillers such as Oxycontin from the Internet, most of them are actually getting these drugs from family, friends or dealers, a new study finds.



MISUSING PRESCRIPTIONS: Rx drug abuse and its human toll (The Charlotte Observer)

Tuesday 27 February 2007 @ 3:20 am
After 26 years of marriage, Susan felt like she didn't even know her husband anymore.



Anti-inflammatories use associated with heart attacks, strokes (Seattle Times)

Tuesday 27 February 2007 @ 3:11 am
Doctors treating people for chronic pain should avoid using all medications — at least at first — the American Heart Association...



Painkillers may raise the risk of high blood pressure for men (Deseret Morning News)

Tuesday 27 February 2007 @ 3:01 am
Men who take over-the-counter painkillers, such as Johnson & Johnson's Tylenol, have more risk of developing high blood pressure than those who don't take the drugs, a study found.



Drugs to treat pain elevate heart risk (The Wichita Eagle)

Tuesday 27 February 2007 @ 2:59 am
Doctors treating people for chronic pain should avoid using all medications -- at least at first, the American Heart Association advised Monday in guidelines designed to have a significant impact on the use of medications known as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or NSAIDs.



Mind, Body, & Spirit (Pensacola News Journal)

Tuesday 27 February 2007 @ 1:50 am
Dr. Ken Williams has been a chiropractor in Gulf Breeze for 20 years. Aside from offering regular chiropractic services, Williams, 48, also uses a procedure he began offering last summer called the spinal decompression.



Doctors Warned About Common Drugs for Pain (Washington Post)

Tuesday 27 February 2007 @ 1:02 am
Doctors treating people for chronic pain should avoid using all medications -- at least at first -- the American Heart Association advised yesterday in guidelines designed to have a significant impact on the use of medications known as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or NSAIDs.



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