Popping a paracetamol each day could raise your risk of a deadly heart attack or stroke by a FIFTH

Popping a paracetamol each day could raise your risk of a deadly heart attack or stroke by a FIFTH Popping a paracetamol every day could raise your risk of a deadly heart attack or stroke by about a fifth, researchers have warned. 

For years, doctors have considered paracetamol to be a safer alternative to other painkillers like ibuprofen — which can raise blood pressure. 

But now University of Edinburgh scientists have turned this belief on its head after finding that  paracetamol has a similar negative effect. The Daily Mail

See also:

• Regular Acetaminophen Use and Blood Pressure in People With Hypertension: The PATH-BP Trial (abstract) Circulation
• Blood pressure warning over long-term paracetamol use BBC News