el castor

Somehow I missed it. )-8

I guess I would feel pretty bad if someone had a stroke because of
something I said. Most of my UseNet posts are political and designed
to induce immediate strokes -- not the kind that sneak up on you a
year later.

Here is a little more on the subject. It's from a holistic web site
and seems designed to induce immediate panic, so I take it with a
grain of salt, nevertheless ....

"The Food and Drug Administration has recently made the decision to
warn against the long-term use of all painkiller drugs; this study
involving smokers is the first evidence to support that warning.
(Doctors wanted to find out whether NSAIDS could prevent oral cancer
because previous work suggested they helped fend off other types of
cancer.)
Surveying some 900 patients who were smokers and more prone to cancer
and heart problems, researchers discovered that those who took OTC
painkillers for a minimum of six months doubled their chances of dying
from:
* Stroke
* Heart attack
* Other heart-related problems
The risk, however, was highest among ibuprofen users, who were nearly
three times more likely to die of cardiovascular disease than
non-NSAID users."
Seattle Post Intelligencer April 18, 2005"
http://www.mercola.com/2005/may/4/painkillers.htm

It's hard to know what to think. In perusing the Internet I came on an
article that cited a study which found that ibuprofen reduced the
incidence of breast cancer by up to 50%, and another that showed an
increased risk. (-8
Jeff