Paracetamol increases the risk of strokes and heart attacks.

    Paracetamol increases the risk of strokes and heart attacks.

    Paracetamol increases the risk of heart attack and stroke by 68% and the risk of ulcer or bleeding by 50%

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    Paracetamol to be used in moderation. Not only ineffective against back pain, this active ingredient used mostly as painkiller e antipyretic, proved harmful to the our heart. In fact, its prolonged use would increase the risk of heart attack and stroke.

    Alone? Hand. To the risk of ulcers and bleeding is also increased. In short, the most used over-the-counter product is revealed, like all other drugs, absolutely harmful.

    This is the picture that comes out of one study conducted by some British researchers of the Leeds Institute fopr Rheumatoc and Musculockeletal Medecine on 666 thousand patients followed in 8 different researches.

    Participants took paracetamol daily for up to 14 years to soothe severe pain caused by arthritis or severe back pain.

    The result is that just that active ingredient increases the risk of heart attack and stroke by 68% and the risk of ulcer or bleeding by 50%, because it acts by inhibiting the action of prostaglandins (mediators of inflammatory processes and is among other things considered by doctors to be safer than the much more famous aspririn).

    The head of the research, Philip Conaghan, however, calls for caution, because it is true that they are always medicines, but it is equally likely that many patients who have taken paracetamol for a long time could have contracted diseases that have probably caused premature death in regardless of the drug.

    In any case, the scholars argue that further studies are needed to ascertain or exclude the link between paracetamol and the increased incidence of heart attack or stroke.



    NATURAL REMEDIES - What about us? We know that, in general, drugs should really be the last choice. If we have a strong headache or back pain, Between calming herbal teas e homeopathic remedies (in addition to correct lifestyles and nutrition) you can find the natural remedy that suits each of us. Ditto with febrile states, colds and various influences.



    Germana Carillo

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