NSAID Use Long-Term May Increase Cardiovascular Death Risk – Study
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
A small study showing that smokers using NSAIDs are twice as likely to die from cardiovascular causes as smokers who do not use NSAIDs represents another blow to the safety profile of the drug class
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