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Tadd, I have read that and other studies and am not impressed by the supposed causal link. When they say "might be" or "might be expected," it indicates to me the authors are not that impressed either. When the initial testing was done on the COX 2 drugs, they saw increased cardiac events that were attributed to holding aspirin, which is commonly given for its anti-platelet effects.
That said, the COX 2 NSAIDs never did dazzle me much, aside from how expensive they are.
Heroin is a great drug, too bad we can't use it for our hospice patients like they do in Europe. Alcohol is a far, far bigger substance abuse problem than opiates will ever be, both from overall numbers adversely effected and mortality. I understand that in Texas, they have cut WAY down, to the point of almost eliminating, prescriptions of Norco/hydrocodone and gone back to writing for codeine again, due to the diversion of Norco being so prevalent.
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