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The US Food and Drug Administration has issued a new ruling on a category of drugs known as NSAIDs (nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs), strengthening the label warnings that taking the medications increases the risk of heart attacks and strokes. NSAIDs include both prescription drugs and popular over-the-counter medications, including ibuprofen (sold under brand names including Advil and Motrin) and naproxen (brands include Aleve). NSAIDs reduce the body's production of prostaglandins, compounds which may play a role in inflammation.
The new warning guidelines stop well short of recommending that mostly-healthy people not to use NSAIDs, partly because the science isn't settled. Some doctors already report that patients are confused by the new advisories.
Aspirin is also an NSAID, but was specifically excluded from the FDA advisory. Acetaminophen, another popular drug for pain relief (e.g. Tylenol), is not an NSAID, but some researchers have cautioned that studies show correlations between heavy acetaminophen use and early mortality and other adverse medical effects.
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(Score: 3, Interesting) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Sunday July 12 2015, @11:45PM
I'm only 51 and I cannot Read The Fine Labels anymore.
His ultimate cause of death was hepatic encepalopathy that stemmed from the damage done to his liver by the Tylenol he took to relieve the pain of his neuralgia.
I once took aspirin for torn knee cartilage. It actually worked pretty well. The advantage of aspirin is that you know you have overdose because your ears start ringing.
By the time you know you have overdosed on Tylenol you are already a candidate for a liver transplant.
There have been many many wrongful death lawsuits. I puzzled over filing one for a while, then decided that would not bring Dad back.
I hold the FDA responsible, not the drug manufacturer. The FDA was in a position to require Tylenol be prescription-only but it didn't.
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(Score: 3, Informative) by mendax on Monday July 13 2015, @01:44AM
I was just going to post something here about the horrible damage Tylenol does to a person's liver. Having said that, it seems to be hit and miss. My 78-year-old mother has been taking Tylenol for years regularly is doing quite well. There are a lot of things that can cause liver damage, and some people have livers that don't react so well when dealing with acetaminophen.
It's really quite a simple choice: Life, Death, or Los Angeles.