The American Heart Association has recently released some news which has importance for all of us. For many years now, it has been known that aspirin will decrease your risk of a heart attack or stroke.
Now we learn that taking Motrin may completely eliminate the value of aspirin, and make your risk for heart attack or stroke as high as if you took nothing.
Ibuprofen, also known as motrin or advil intereferes with the aspirin's ability to decrease clot forming. This is not true though, for tylenol, refecoxib (COX-2 inhibitor commonly referred to as Vioxx) or diclofenac (Voltaren).
If one needs to take motrin they are advised to take it 30 minutes after taking aspirin, or 8 hours prior to avoid harmful interaction.
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