Now that a Danish study has concluded that NSAID (non steroidal anti-inflammatorydrug pain relievers), such as ibuprofen, increase the risk of heart problems in healthy people, the next question is what, exactly, is a high dose? The answer, according to WebMD, is more than 1,200 milligrams per day or more than two 200 milligram pills
three times daily. Ibuprofen, sold as Motrin and Advil, increased the risk of stroke by 30 percent when taken at those doses, while low doses of the drug appeared to lower the risk of stroke. WebMD reports that earlier studies had linked NSAIDs to increased heart risk in people with existing heart conditions. The Danish study gives us the first evidence that healthy people should carefully watch their dosage.
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Far in the future we will know the effects of pills we take by the billions everyday. For now we have to take our chances.
Unbelievable! And I’m told to take (3) 800 mg tablets per day for arthritis. Damned if we do, damned if we don’t.
Surely your absolute damnation cannot be the result of a few pills taken or untaken. I suggest you look for another reason. I was going to say, “What’s the worst that could happen? You die. But since you are facing eternal damnation, death is a more worrisome prospect for you. I think you should take the pills to ease your pain so that you may concentrate on forgiveness of the reasons for your damnation. Also, you refer to “we” in your comment. Please do not include me in the “we” in your dilema. I do not take these drugs and prefer opiates that do not have such “grave” side effects.
Dave, don’t be an indiot as this is not a reiligious discussion and if your understanding of the English language and such old and well known axioms is as poor as it appears to be then you can be excluded from any intelligent and rational discussions.
What “Doesn’t know what to believe” was saying is that we are often told to take a poisin to cure our ills, that the medications we are told to take often simply causes new problems which has been clearly demonstrated time and time again. It has often been reported that a medicaine once thought to be a cure all has created heart problems, liver and kindney failures, elevated blood pressure and the like after it has already been prescribed to a great many people.
You can leave the “gods” (if any such being exist) out of this unless you can provide reliable, valid and quantifiable evidence of the same along with your self righteous attitude.
Thanks.
I know what you mean as I was told previously to take similar doses until it was discovered that the same was making my stomach and colon bleed and ulcerate.
It is amazing how many supposed cure all turn out to be snake oil neatly packaged.
you may have already concluded this, but in the event you haven’t, I would suggest that you try coping with taken only one(1)800mg table per day. At the risk of suffering a stroke, coping with some discomforting pain seems the lesser of the two. Futhermore, pain is our body normal defense to signal its natural healing process. So, while it may take a little longer, and be inconvenient, our body produces similar, yet safe dosages of what we have become dependent on over-the-counter and prescription drugs to do. You only live once, so do what is most healthy for yourself.
you may have already concluded this, but in the event you haven’t, I would suggest that you try coping with taken only one(1)800mg table per day. At the risk of suffering a stroke, coping with some discomforting pain seems the lesser of the two. Futhermore, pain is our body normal defense to signal its natural healing process. So, while it may take a little longer, and be inconvenient, our body produces similar, yet safe dosages of what we have become dependent on over-the-counter and prescription drugs to do. You only live once, so do what is most healthy for yourself.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT ONLY ABOUT 10% OF MEDICINE IS SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN, THE OTHER 90% IS GUESSOLOGY. THAT IS BASICALLY PROVEN BY ALL THE CONTRADICTORY STUDIES.
when I need them I take 4 200 mg Ibuprofens..hopefully will be ok
But all sunshine without shade, all pleasure without pain, is not life at all.