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Millions told not to take pills linked to heart attacks and strokes [diclofenac]
Daily Mail ^ | 29 June 2013 | CRAIG MACKENZIE

Posted on 06/29/2013 4:23:43 AM PDT by expat1000

Doctors have been told to stop prescribing to patients with a heart condition or circulation problems one of the most commonly used anti-inflammatory drugs in the UK .

Britain's drug watchdog said the painkiller diclofenac could significantly increase the risk of a heart attack or stroke for some patients.

Millions of people take the drug for a range of conditions including arthritis, headaches, back pain and gout.

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KEYWORDS: medicine; nsaid
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To: Captain Peter Blood

“It’s a dietary supplement that can help with joint,”

Is there an actual name? I’d hate to be supplementing with mainstream media. It’d probably give me a pain in the posterior.


21 posted on 06/29/2013 9:58:54 AM PDT by Gen.Blather
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To: expat1000
There are always trade-offs.

Of course but living in pain is not really an option. People that do not have chronic pain never seem to understand that.

22 posted on 06/29/2013 12:19:42 PM PDT by Straight Vermonter (Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
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To: John Valentine

Thanks very much for the reply. I’ll check with Novartis from time to time.


23 posted on 06/29/2013 5:38:16 PM PDT by Postman (.......................................................Boehner - Enforce the Hastert Rule!!!!)
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To: Gen.Blather

It’s called Methylsulphonylmethane
Just type in MSM on the internet and you will find all the info you want.


24 posted on 06/30/2013 7:55:31 AM PDT by Captain Peter Blood
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