Statins, ACE Inhibitors and Beta-Blockers Are Safe
With all the news about the risks of heart attacks with various pain medications, including Vioxx, Celebrex, Bextra and now Naproxen, one has to wonder which is the next disaster to be announced.
In my book, I aggressively recommend the use of three types of prescription medications, Statins, ACE inhibitors and beta-blockers with great conviction.
I can do this because several medicines within these groups have been formally tested in long-term trials to determine their effects on heart attacks, strokes and premature deaths. The studies are conclusive, these medicines save lives.
The pain medicines were approved based on their ability to reduce pain; only now do we know what their effect is on heart attacks because no study had been performed previously.
Within the classes of medicines I recommend to those at risk of heart attacks, some are proven to reduce risk while others are proven to change a blood pressure reading or cholesterol level. The recent news with these pain medicines teaches an important lesson; you don't know the effects of a drug on long-term risks unless you do a study to find out.
This is why my recommendations in the book are product specific. Some medicines are proven safe, others seem that way. Don't take a chance, ask your doctor for the ones proven to reduce risk of heart attacks, strokes and premature deaths.
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