Reply #13: non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs

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These "NSAIDS" are all sort of drugs with different names - next, the great Motrin (aka ibuprofen).

I was taking stacks of Motrin for chronic pain and my blood pressure is quite high now. I cut the dosage way way down from about 2500 mg. a day to about 400 a day now.

I also am back taking aspirin, aspirin/codeine (again); old drugs that actually work.

Recent studies from the Nat'l Inst. for the Blind indicate that aspirin may prevent macular degeneration of the eyes from progressing interestingly enough.

It is very sad that these drugs might add to the risk of developing or even worsen Alzheimer's and also lead to cardiovascular events (aka heart attack/stroke; death ... just like Vioxx and Celebrex all over again!).

Damn the FDA! Rather late isn't it? Naproxen has been sold over the counter for a number of years; before the name "Aleve" came out it was an RX only drug.


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