Although popular prescription medications for arthritis pain, such as Vioxx and Bextra, have been removed from the market because of health risks, you may not realize that many over-the-counter pain relief drugs also pose some serious risks.
That’s especially true for people with high blood pressure. Many over-the-counter (OTC) painkillers can push your blood pressure higher. They can even be dangerous. Since high blood pressure has no symptoms that you can feel, you may be hurting yourself without realizing it.
“People with high blood pressure don’t know the risks of taking some of these painkillers,” says Nieca Goldberg,…
