Painkillers With Cold or Flu Increases Risk of Heart Attack

Got a cold or flu? Then look at this this shocking new study before you take an aspirin or other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID). . . .

This new study looked at 9,793 people, with an average age of 73, who were hospitalized with acute myocardial infarctions, more commonly known as a heart attack. They compared people who had used (NSAID) during an acute respiratory infection with people who had not used NSAIDs during an acute respiratory infection, people who had used NSAIDs but didn’t have acute respiratory infections and people with no exposure to either.

When people used NSAIDs during an acute respiratory infection, the risk of having an acute myocardial infarction went up 341%. Acute respiratory infections and NSAIDs alone can trigger an acute myocardial infarction, but, when people suffering from respiratory infections did not take NSAIDs, their risk only went up by 270%, and when people without respiratory infections took NSAIDs, their risk went up by 50%. That means that taking NSAIDs during an acute respiratory infection increases your risk of a heart attack.

When NSAIDs were administered intravenously (parenterally) and not orally, the risk went up by an incredible 722%.

This study clearly shows that NSAIDs used during acute respiratory infection, like a cold of flu, is associated with an increased risk of heart attack.

You might have noticed that in this study, when people took NSAIDs, their risk of heart attack went up by 50% even if they did not have a cold or flu. This important study adds to a Subscribe!

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