UConn Hypertension Expert Calls Findings ‘Striking’
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(HealthNewsDigest.com) – FARMINGTON, CONN. – Research to be published in the journal Circulation suggests the drug acetaminophen can cause a significant increase in blood pressure in patients with coronary artery disease.
Acetaminophen is a pain reliever and fever reducer sold under many brand names, including Tylenol.
“Historically, Tylenol, or acetaminophen, has been preferred over ibuprofen and other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs—celecoxib, ibuprofen or naproxen—for patients who have heart problems,” says Dr. William White, professor of medicine and chief of the Division of Hypertension in the Calhoun Cardiology Center at the UConn Health Center. “It is important to recognize that acetaminophen may not be quite as safe as it’s been thought to be, particularly at arthritis doses. In fact, we actually know much less about the cardiovascular effects of acetaminophen than we do about many other arthritis therapies.”
The study, led by Swiss researchers, appears in the Nov. 2 issue of Circulation, and is accompanied by an editorial written by White, who is president-elect of the American Society of Hypertension, and Dr. Patrick Campbell, a research physician in the Calhoun Cardiology Center.
Abstracts of both articles are available at http://circ.ahajournals.org/rapidaccess.shtml.
More information about the Pat and Jim Calhoun Cardiology Center is available at http://heart.uchc.edu.
The University of Connecticut Health Center includes the schools of medicine and dental medicine, the UConn Medical Group, University Dentists, and John Dempsey Hospital. Founded in 1961, the Health Center pursues a mission of providing outstanding health care education in an environment of exemplary patient care, research and public service. More information about the UConn Health Center is available at www.uchc.edu.
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