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Thursday, July 15, 2004
 

THE TRUTH ABOUT THE "ASPIRIN-A-DAY" KICK - IT CAN KILL YOU!

Think what's sold over the counter can't put you under a coffin-lid? If you've fallen for the "aspirin-a-day" myth that  
every doctor in the whole nation seems to be advocating right now - ostensibly for the prevention of heart disease,
read on very
carefully. Not only does aspirin increase the risk of potentially lethal internal bleeding,
it's also makes blood MORE likely to clot up, not less!

And as if these reasons weren't enough to make you flush your aspirin down the commode, there's new research
about over-the-counter (OTC) pain relievers that's even more damning: It turns out that taking Ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin)
in combination with aspirin actually doubles your risk of death from heart-related causes!

Here's the low-down on Aspirin - the Bitter Pill That Kills!
http://www.healthsavers.info/Aspirin.htm

That's right: According to a study of eight years' worth of medical records of over 7000 patients conducted
by Britain's Medical Research Council (and reported in my favorite medical journal, The Lancet), if you pop Ibuprofen
for any reason - say, arthritis pain relief - while engaged in aspirin therapy for heart disease, you're twice as likely to
keel over from a heart attack because of the way these two powerful drugs interact.

In fact, a recent survey by the National Consumers League found that 44 percent of adults KNOWINGLY exceeded the
recommended dose of OTC pain-relievers - while only 16 percent had even read the warning label! Lunacy. Didn't these
people hear about the dangers of possible liver damage from  unintentional acetaminophen overdosing?

Federal officials estimate that annually over 150,000 Americans end up in the emergency department  because of
complications from OTC pain-relievers - while these "harmless" meds kill 16,000 of us outright every year.


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