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According to a recent study conducted by Harvard Medical School researchers, women who take small amounts of aspirin regularly may reduce their risk of heart attack...
...doctors so quick to adopt the medication? For one thing, cost is still not a primary concern for many U.S. doctors. In Canada and Europe, where cost constraints and rationing of health care are a matter of course, TPA did not enjoy great success; streptokinase plus ordinary, cheap aspirin remain the standard anticlotting therapy. In addition, pervasive fears of malpractice suits in the U.S. add to the pressures on doctors to use the latest technique...
Phenacetin -- the common term for the compound acetophenetidin -- is best known as the P in so-called APC pills, the now discontinued pick-me-ups that also contained aspirin and caffeine. Although phenacetin is still available primarily by prescription in some European nations, including Germany, Belgium and France, it has been banned in the U.S. since 1983 because of its suspected links to anemia and kidney disease...
...year with those of 621 women who used the drug less often or not at all. The researchers found that women who took phenacetin regularly had an increased risk of high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease; they were also more likely to die from urologic or kidney disease. Aspirin posed no such risks...
Chronic users of acetominophen, a close chemical relative of phenacetin, may also have cause for concern. Considered preferable to aspirin because it rarely produces side effects or allergic reactions, does not irritate the stomach and is thought to be safe for children and pregnant women, acetominophen is sold under such brand names as Tylenol and Anacin...