Painkiller heart attack 'risk'
People on high doses of some painkillers will have to pit the benefits against the risks as the drugs have been found to increase the chance of heart problems by a small amount, according to research.
'No great risk' from painkillers for low doses
Research has found that painkillers can increase the chance of heart problems by a small amount for patients on high doses.
Dr Sarah Jarvis told Daybreak that the risks of painkillers is "quite scary stuff, but not panic-able", she added, "at low doses there probably isn't a great risk".
"What we're talking about here is people taking very high doses, 800mg three times a day," she said, "if 300 people took that very high dose for a year, one would have a heart attack who wouldn't have done otherwise".
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