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Patients who have already suffered a heart attack need to be especially careful about the type of painkillers they take. 
 
A new study shows that taking Cox-2 inhibitors or even older NSAIDs such as ibuprofen raises the risk of a repeat heart attack, and raises the risk of dying of that repeat heart attack even more. 
 
The risk increased with the dosage taken. 
 

Painkillers may pose risk after heart attack

Reuters.uk - 6/20/2006 8:15 AM

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Among people who have survived a heart attack, taking certain types of painkillers is associated with an increased risk of a repeat heart attack or death, investigators in Denmark have found.
 
The elevated risks apply not only to COX-2 inhibitors (which include drugs like Vioxx) but also so-called nonselective nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents (NSAIDs) like ibuprofen or diclofenac
 
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