Ibuprofen and other anti-inflammatory painkillers could make hospital patients with coronavirus more likely to die, according to a study. South Korean research looking at deaths and complications in Covid-19 patients suggested the common painkiller drugs raised the risk of death by 65 per cent. And the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) may push up the risk of … Read more
For many people with conditions such as arthritis, ibuprofen has long been the medicine of choice. It can be the deciding factor in patients being pain-free enough to walk, or not. But arthritis patients are now putting industrial lubricant WD-40 on their stiff and aching joints because they fear, wrongly, that ibuprofen will make coronavirus … Read more
Go to any pharmacy and there’s one product I can guarantee you’ll be able to buy — ibuprofen. Packets of the painkiller and anti-inflammatory drug line the shelves, while paracetamol is difficult, if not impossible, to find. And it’s been like that for weeks — to be precise, since March 14, when French health minister … Read more