Pain Killers Can Kill Ya
In the July 2006 edition of the European Heart Journal, researchers report on a population-based study done in Finland which demonstrated that painkillers known as NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs), such as ibuprofen, increased the risk of having a heart attack!!
The Reuters Health account of this study states:
Because other studies have yielded different results, and some researchers have suggested that NSAIDs may actually protect the heart, a large clinical trial is needed.
Yes, that would seem to be a very good idea! This just reinforces for me that the practice of medicine is a “learn-as-you-go ” endeavor.
I’ve been a patient with a physician who believes he is all-knowing, and I’ve been a patient with a physician who acknowledges the limitations of the medical knowledge base. I greatly respect the latter.
This research also emphasizes in my mind the importance of doing all I can without the use of drugs to be hyvin (Finnish for “well”)! … particularly from this Finnish study 
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And I very much want people to know that there is an option for a natural herbal painkiller that does not carry side effect risks.
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