16,500 die each year from pain relief medication by Dr. Brad Krueger

Almost everyone is familar with the pain relief formulas. Over 30

billion over the counter tablets, and 70 million prescriptions are

sold annually just in the USA.

Known as "Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs" (NSAIDs), a few

commonly known names include Aspirin, Ibuprofin, Advil, Motrin as

well as prescription products like Celebrex, Vioxx, Daypro and

more.

Here's something you might "not" know about common pain relief...

"Conservative calculations estimate that approximately 107,000

patients are hospitalized annually for nonsteroidal

anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID)-related gastrointestinal (GI)

complications and at least 16,500 NSAID-related deaths occur each

year among arthritis patients alone. The figures of all NSAID users

would be overwhelming, yet the scope of this problem is generally

under-appreciated."

American Journal of Medicine, July 1998

And from the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine...

"It has been estimated conservatively that 16,500 NSAID-related

deaths occur among patients with rheumatoid arthritis or

osteoarthritis every year in the United States. This figure is

similar to the number of deaths from the acquired immunodeficiency

syndrome and considerably greater than the number of deaths from

multiple myeloma, asthma, cervical cancer, or Hodgkin's disease.

If deaths from gastrointestinal toxic effects from NSAIDs were

tabulated separately in the National Vital Statistics reports,

these effects would constitute the 15th most common cause of death

in the United States. Yet these toxic effects remain mainly a

'silent epidemic,' with many physicians and most patients unaware

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