Pain relievers seem not to prevent Alzheimer's disease in the very elderly
Wednesday, April 22, 2009 - 16:28
in Health & Medicine
A new study shows that nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), such as the pain relievers ibuprofen and naproxen, do not prevent Alzheimer's disease or other forms of dementia. Instead, the risk of developing dementia in the study's very elderly population (most were over age 83 when they developed dementia) was 66 percent higher among heavy NSAID users than among people who used little or no NSAIDs, according to research published online today in Neurology(R), the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
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