- The use of prescription and over-the-counter painkillers like ibuprofen and naproxone is associated with an increased risk of heart attack and stroke.
- The FDA updated its warnings for the category of drugs, NSAIDs, based on more evidence of the increased risk.
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The FDA is strengthening its warnings about heart attack and stroke risks associated with common pain drugs
The use of prescription and over-the-counter painkillers like ibuprofen and naproxone is associated with an increased risk of heart attack and stroke.
Here's what to know:
- People with heart disease have a greater chance of having a heart attack or stroke after using NSAIDs.
- There's also an increased risk of heart failure associated with NSAID use.
- The risk of heart attack and stroke associated with NSAID medications has been known since 2005, so this is an update to those warnings.
- This change is specific to prescription NSAIDs, though the FDA did say it plans to request changes to the over-the-counter labels as well.
- often recommended for people with a high risk of heart attack
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