Dr Mark Porter: “One of the worst bleeds I encountered was in a patient who had been taking NSAIDs for only 48 hours”Painkillers are back in the headlines following a publication of a new study linking non-steroidal anti-inflammatories (NSAIDs) such as ibuprofen, naproxen and diclofenac to heart failure. The researchers found that older people taking them are about a 20 per cent more likely to develop heart failure. And it is not the only time this family of drugs has been linked to serious complications. The average age of the people in the study was close to 80 — an older group already prone to heart problems — so the findings have little relevance for the rest of us, but they do provide a…

Source: The Times October 03, 2016 15:56 UTC