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• Salicylates and Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs) [hide all summaries]
  The salicylates are used to relieve pain and to reduce fever and inflammation. Aspirin, a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), is the most well-known and frequently used salicylate. Other salicylates discussed on this web site are salsalate and choline and magnesium salicylates.

• What Aspirin Dose Is Safest and Most Effective for Preventing Heart Disease? [hide all summaries]
  (May 2009)
  This article discusses the fairly narrow range of daily aspirin doses most safe and effective for preventing heart disease.
• Ibuprofen Can Reduce Aspirin’s Protective Effect Against Heart Attacks and Strokes [hide all summaries]
  (March 2008)
  This article explains the dangers of using ibuprofen (MOTRIN, ADVIL) because it interferes with the protective effect of low-dose aspirin to prevent blood clots and protect against heart attacks or strokes. Find out how these two widely-used therapies have a harmful interaction and what you should do.
• Adding Clopidogrel to Aspirin Offers No Benefit in Preventing Heart Attacks or Strokes [hide all summaries]
  (May 2006)
  If you have had a previous heart attack or stroke or have blood vessel disease, you should be on aspirin treatment rather than clopidogrel with or without aspirin. You should only take clopidogrel if you cannot tolerate aspirin.
• Aspirin To Prevent Cardiovascular Disease In Women — Is The Picture Any Clearer? [hide all summaries]
  (August 2005)
  If you are healthy, you should not undertake aspirin treatment for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease without consulting your physician about whether you are at high enough risk to benefit.
• Revisiting Clopidogrel (PLAVIX) Plain Aspirin Still Preferred in Preventing Stroke, Heart Attack and Blood Clots [hide all summaries]
  (January 2005)
  If you have had a previous heart attack, stroke, or have blood vessel disease you should be on aspirin treatment rather than clopidogrel unless you cannot tolerate aspirin, or aspirin treatment has failed. If you are now taking ticlopidine and cannot take aspirin, talk to your doctor about clopidogrel.
• Drugs That Can Cause Headache From Their Overuse [hide all summaries]
  (October 2004)
  A high frequency of drug intake to manage headache pain may mean that you have a condition known as medication overuse headache (MOH). According to the International Headache Society, MOH may exist when the following criteria are fulfilled: (1) there is headache on 15 or more days a month; (2) pain characteristics are dull, and of light to moderate intensity on both sides of the head; (3) drug intake includes ergots, triptans and opioids (these drugs are discussed below) for 10 or more days per month, simple painkillers 15 days or more for a minimum of 3 months; and (4) the headache disappears after withdrawal.
• Aspirin and Heart Attacks: Secondary Prevention, Yes; Primary Prevention, No [hide all summaries]
  (May 2004)
  Aspirin is the preferred preventive treatment for those who have already had a heart attack (secondary prevention), at least for the majority of people who are not intolerant to aspirin. However, the lack of evidence of an aspirin benefit in the primary prevention of heart attack is clearly outweighed by the increased risk of bleeding from aspirin, and you should not use aspirin for the primary prevention of heart attacks.
• A Reminder About The Dangers Of Aspirin And Reye’s Syndrome [hide all summaries]
  (November 2003)
  Warnings: Reye’s syndrome: Children and teenagers should not use this medicine for chicken pox or flu symptoms before a doctor is consulted about Reye’s syndrome, a rare but serious illness reported to be associated with aspirin.
• Review of Adverse Effects and Contraindications of Various Dietary Supplements Used for Weight Loss [hide all summaries]
  (December 2002)
  Ephedra, or ma huang, the natural form of the stimulant ephedrine, the most infamous and dangerous drug found in dietary supplements sold for weight loss, is at last beginning to receive the negative notoriety it deserves. Ephedra causes heart attacks and strokes because of its ability to raise blood pressure and heart rate. Article discusses the risk of other dietary supplements.
• Drug Induced Psychiatric Symptoms [hide all summaries]
  (October 2002)
  This is the first of a two part series on drug induced psychiatric symptoms that is based on the July 8, 2002 issue of The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics. Regular readers of Worst Pills, Best Pills News will recognize The Medical Letter as a reference source written for physicians and pharmacists that we often use because of its reputation as an objective and independent source of drug information. The article lists the drugs and their psychiatric adverse effects.

• FDA Proposal for Painkiller Warning Is Decades Late [hide all summaries]
  Statement of Dr. Peter Lurie, Deputy Director of Public Citizen’s Health Research Group

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