Will All Cox-2 Inhibiting Pain Medications Cause Heart Problems?
Will All Cox-2 Inhibiting Pain Medications Cause Heart Problems? Friday September 15, 2006#spacer{clear:left}#abc #sidebar{margin-top:1.5em}zSB(3,3)According to the Journal of the American Medical Association, about 30 million people around the world use NSAIDs for pain relief. The big concern with NSAIDs has been their possible toxic effect on the GI tract. NSAIDs have also been associated with kidney problems. In fact, JAMA estimates that around 2.5 million Americans experience kidney problems every year due to the intake of NSAID. In the late 1990s, the Cox-2 inhibitor class of drugs (another type of NSAID), was introduced to the market, to provide an analgesic effect without the side effects on the GI tract.
