STOPPING all NSAIDs except aspirin in heart attack patients
February 2008
The American Heart Assoc now recommends STOPPING all NSAIDs except aspirin in heart attack patients.
Their recommendations are a bit controversial...they focus more on cardiovascular risk rather than GI- or pain-related issues.
Patients who take NSAIDs within a week before a heart attack seem to have a higher risk of a recurrent heart attack or death.
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