ER Opioid Prescriptions For Low Back Pain Cut In Half

• HealthDay Reporter
• Dennis Thompson
• July 16, 2025
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Folks seeking relief from low back pain in an ER aren’t likely to leave with a prescription for opioids.

The rate of ER opioid prescriptions for back pain fell by m...

NSAIDs Linked To Lower Dementia Risk

• HealthDay Reporter
• Dennis Thompson
• March 5, 2025
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Over-the-counter drugs like aspirin or ibuprofen might help protect against dem...

Using Meds to Manage Your Arthritis Pain: An Overview

• HealthDay Reporter
• Cara Murez
• September 19, 2023
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Millions of Americans suffer from arthritis, and many reach for medication to ease their joint pain and inflammation.

The options might seem overwhelming, though. Here, the Arthritis Foundation offers some suggestions for meds that can be purchased at a local drug store ...

Combo of Certain Birth Control Pills, Painkillers Could Raise Women's Clot Risk

• HealthDay Reporter
• Amy Norton
• September 8, 2023
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It's well known that certain forms of birth control carry a small risk of blood clots. Now a large new study suggests that some common painkillers can magnify that risk.

The study, of 2 million Danish women, found what numerous others have before: Women who used birth co...

How NSAIDs Can Make a C. Difficile Infection Worse

• HealthDay Reporter
• Cara Murez
• July 21, 2023
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Aspirin, naproxen and other common pain medications known as NSAIDs worsen gastrointestinal infections caused by a bacterium known as Clostridioides difficile (C. diff), new research shows.

NSAIDs (nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) are widely used to ease pa...

Could NSAIDs Like Ibuprofen, Aleve Make Arthritic Knees Worse?

• HealthDay Reporter
• Dennis Thompson
• November 22, 2022
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Over-the-counter pain relievers like aspirin, Aleve or ibuprofen don't do a thing to slow the progression of knee arthritis, and might even make things worse, a new study suggests.

Knee arthritis patients who regularly took nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) w...

Certain Painkillers Raise Heart Failure Risk in People With Type 2 Diabetes

• HealthDay Reporter
• Dennis Thompson
• August 24, 2022
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People with type 2 diabetes might face a substantially increased risk of heart failure if they take ibuprofen or some other type of nonsteroidal anti-in...

NSAIDS, Steroids for Back Pain: Is Too Much of Them a Bad Thing?

• HealthDay Reporter
• Robert Preidt
• May 12, 2022
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Persistent use of steroids and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) like ibuprofen to treat acute lower back pain may actually turn it into a chronic condition, a new study warns.

However, some experts who expressed concerns about the study published in the jou...

Regular Use of Acetaminophen Tied to Higher Heart Risks

• HealthDay Reporter
• February 11, 2022
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Acetaminophen may do wonders for a headache, but using it for long-term pain relief could prove risky for people with high blood pressure, a new clinical trial suggests.

Over two weeks of use, the painkiller caused blood pressure to spike in people who already had elevat...

Addictive Opioid Painkillers Might Not Be Needed After Knee Surgery

• HealthDay Reporter
• Alan Mozes
• November 23, 2021
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Addictive opioid painkillers aren't the only option for patients seeking relief following anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) knee reconstruction, researchers say.

As the United States wrestles with skyrocketing rates of opioid abuse and drug overdose deaths, the findings m...

Antidepressants Plus Common Painkillers May Raise Bleeding Risk

• HealthDay Reporter
• Steven Reinberg
• October 26, 2021
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Antidepressants called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are a mainstay of depression treatment, but a new study warns that taking common painkillers alongside SSRIs may raise the chances for intestinal bleeding.

In a review of 10 published studies involvin...