(19-05-13) Top three most dangerous pain medications

by Chris Sumbs

(NaturalNews) Pain medications and the adverse drug reactions to them are the
fourth leading cause of death in the US. This is only behind cancer, heart
disease, and strokes. But still, millions of people take some form of pain
medication every single day. Prescription or over-the-counter, the vast
majority of these people taking these just don't realize the incredible
dangers.

The risk of you or someone you know dying directly from or from a side-effect
from pain medication is higher than the chance of dying from illegal narcotics,
diabetes, lung disease, or an auto accident. That's scary. Awareness is the
only way we can help people realize just how dangerous these drugs really are.
This information could save your life!

The top three most dangerous pain medications
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3. Opiate pain medications

Some of the most common opiate-based prescription drugs are Codeine, Morphine,
Hydrocodone, Vicodin, and Oxycodone. These drugs are commonly prescribed after
surgery, major accidents, severe injuries or for painful medical conditions.
These drugs may numb the pain but at an extremely high price. The number of
overdose deaths is now greater than those of deaths from heroin and cocaine
combined and over 15,000 people die annually from Opiate pain medication
overdoses.

2. NASIDs

You have heard the names before: ibuprofen (Advil), naprosyn (Aleve), and
Motrin. There are others. Researchers from Denmark showed that patients with a
history of prior heart attack that took NSAIDs - even in the short term - had a
greater risk of death, or another heart attack.

Legions of other studies have been done on NASIDs and they too report an
increased rate of death and heart attack. NASIDs cause over 16,000 deaths per
year. That's as much as AIDS.

1. COX-2 inhibitors

Celebrex is a type of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) known as a
COX-2 inhibitor. Celebrex is commonly used treat several conditions related to
pain and inflammation.

What's deeply concerning: Celebrex is the only selective COX-2 inhibitor left
on the market, as its close "cousins" were all pulled due to either their
killing tens of thousands of people or to their unacceptably high heart risks.
While studying the drug's potential as an anti-cancer drug, the National Cancer
Institute discovered that those taking 400mg doses of Celebrex had a 250
percent greater risk of dying from heart attack or stroke and those taking
800mg had a 340 percent higher risk.

The bottom line
It cannot be stressed it enough. Pain pills are dangerous. Tens of thousands
of people die every year from complications related to pain medications. Be
very careful what you put in your body. Do your research so you or one of your
family members are not the next victim of these deadly drugs.

Sources for this article include:

www.undergroundhealth.com

www.theheart.org

www.drjohnm.org

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