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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