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Many Consumers Don't Know What's in Over-the-Counter Painkillers: Study
Posted 3 May 2011 by Drugs.com
TUESDAY, May 3 – Few Americans bother to read the labels on over-the-counter pain relievers, nor do they pay much attention to the drugs' ingredients, a new study says. This lack of awareness could be a main reason why acetaminophen overdose is a leading cause of acute liver failure in the United States, according to the researchers at Northwestern University in Chicago. Acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol, is in more than 600 over-the-counter (OTC) and prescription medicines. Researchers interviewed 45 people in six focus groups and found that only 31 percent knew that Tylenol contained acetaminophen, 19 percent realized Advil contained ibuprofen and about the same number knew that Aleve contained naproxen sodium. About 75 percent knew Bayer contained aspirin and 47 percent knew Motrin contained ibuprofen. Fewer than half – 41 percent – said they read the ingredients on ... Read more
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Aspirin May Protect Against Colorectal Cancer -- But Only in Certain People
Posted 11 Mar 2011 by Drugs.com
FRIDAY, March 11 – Taking aspirin to protect against colorectal cancer may be effective, but mostly in people at increased risk for the disease due to elevated levels of an inflammatory biomarker in their blood, according to a new study. Previous research has found that people who take aspirin or other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) have a reduced risk of colorectal cancer. Other studies have noted that inflammation contributes to the development of conditions such as cardiovascular disease and several types of cancer. In this new study, researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute found that elevated baseline levels of an inflammatory marker called "soluble tumor necrosis factor receptor-2 (sTNFR-2)" were associated with increased risk of colorectal cancer and also predicted who might benefit from taking aspirin or other NSAIDs, ... Read more
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Painkillers Lower Estrogen Levels, May Explain Cancer Reduction Risk
Posted 23 Mar 2010 by Drugs.com
TUESDAY, March 23 – Postmenopausal women who regularly take aspirin or other painkillers have lower estrogen levels than nonusers, a new study shows, which might explain a decreased risk of breast or ovarian cancer among these women. "There is a lot of research on analgesic use and breast cancer risk," said Margaret Gates, a research fellow at the Channing Laboratory at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston. "We didn't look at the association with breast cancer," she said. "We looked at analgesics and levels of estrogen as a possible mechanism for analgesic use and breast cancer [risk reduction]." In the study, Gates and her team evaluated painkiller habits – use of aspirin, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and acetaminophen – among 740 postmenopausal women who participated in the Nurses' Health Study. All women reported their painkiller use in 1988 or ... Read more
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