Study: Ibuprofen poses major cardiac arrest risk

Thanks, Donald. While I believe all drugs are to be taken extremely sparingly, making it a prescription only serves to take away from those who can't afford to run to the doctor every time they have a headache. Lining the pockets of the pharmaceutical companies and medical centers.

There must be something to this. My doctor said do not take it and take Tylanol instead.

Paracetamol/Tylenol is a safer option when used in the recommended dosage. It's the one thing in this category I can take without having to report the usage to the Thrombosis service. Aspirin and Ibuprofen inhibit platelets.

What Ana said

I take this every day for foot pain. Ouch!

the study doesn't say what other factors contributed to

those people's problems.

it did say high amounts of daily usage.

how many people in denmark did they study , for how long ?

i'm sure this probably affects different people differently anyways.

i'm with ana - i think things are unnecessarily complicated enough !

It's well documented already that "anti-inflammatory" content can affect blood pressure adversely

The article did reference that this is mostly applicable to people with pre-existing heart issues. My husband has used prescription strength ibuprofin for at least 15 years on a daily basis for his back. I also use it often for my back when I am going to be on my feet a lot.

I'm not allowed to use it - or anything else that contains an anti-inflammatory

My mom is not allowed either due to kidney issues.

I take both Ibuprofen and Tylenol under doctor's supervision. Low doses of the Tylenol and higher sometimes on the Ibuprofen to help with my spine problems and Osteoarthritis. He monitors my blood levels on Kidney and Liver at least every 6 months. He also runs every test in the book for other problems (electrolytes, sodium, Vitamin D, etc.). The Vampires leave me drained. So far no problems and it's been since 2007. So far he's not seeing any conditions to worry about. If not for Ibuprofen I'd probably be sitting a lot and not doing anything physical.

I'm guessing it's each individuals 'history' and careful monitoring by the doctor that determines if, or how much, of anything to take for pain. So far so good for me.