Aspirin is supposed to help prevent heart disease – but once you have the problem, the drug can be fatal. People with high blood pressure (hypertension) and coronary artery disease increase their risk of dying by 47 per cent when they take aspirin and other NSAIDs (non-steroidal, anti-inflammatory drugs).
The NSAIDs also increase the risk of a non-fatal heart attack or debilitating stroke, researchers have discovered.
To prove that it was the NSAID and not the hypertension that was to blame, researchers from the University of Florida compared two groups who either took an NSAID every day or infrequently.
(Source: American Journal of Medicine, 2011; 124: 614).
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