FDA warns naproxen users (Aleve)

[K.Snyder]

Originally Posted by Diuretic

Wasn't Ibuprofen under suspicion in connection with heart disease as well?

This comment is a bit of a worry

Could it be that BigPharma is being protected?

Ibuprofen increases risk of heart attacks

From the article

In the biggest study of its kind, researchers identified 9,218 patients aged 25 and over in Scotland, England and Wales who suffered a heart attack for the first time over a four-year period. The group was tracked to see if and when they had been prescribed NSAIDS, which also include naproxen, which is found in Aleve and Naprelan; diclofenac - found in Cataflam and Voltaren; celecoxib - found in Celebrex; and rofecoxib, which is found in Vioxx and Ceoxx.

The researchers found that for those prescribed NSAIDS in the three months just before the heart attack, the risk increased compared with those who had not taken these drugs in the previous three years - for ibuprofen by 24 per cent and for diclofenac by 55 per cent. Celecoxib increased the risk of heart attack by 21 per cent, while rofecoxib increased the risk by 32 per cent.

Putting the numbers into context, researchers found that for those aged over 65 taking diclofenac, one extra patient for every 521 patients was likely to suffer a first time heart attack.

From my understanding there's a small increase in risk for heart problems when taking Ibuprofen, and even more so with people whom have had a history of heart problems, but I would have to assume that this would be the case for almost all drugs...

Experts still say that Ibuprofen is relatively safe for people who are healthy, but then again all drugs should be treated with caution.

I wouldn't be as overly concerned about that as much as I would for women who take it for over a long period of time.

Research in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute found women who took ibuprofen daily had a small but statistically significant increased risk of breast cancer compared to those who never took it.