Common painkillers like Ibuprofen and Naproxen have now been linked to heart problems.
details the risks of taking prescription painkillers known as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs -- or NSAIDS.
Researchers studied data from 10-million European NSAIDS users.
They found people currently using the painkillers had a 19-percent higher risk of heart failure.
The researchers found evidence that the increased risk of heart failure also affected patients who had not already been diagnosed with heart failure.
The results also showed that the COX-2 inhibitors, which have caused the most concern when it came to the heart, were linked to about the same rate of heart-related hospitalizations as the other NSAIDS.
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