In May this year, a study in the United States showed that the proportion of blood cancers suffered by long-term users of antipyretic and analgesic drugs was significantly higher than that of those who did not take the drugs. In this regard, the principle of this possibility, it is recommended that long-term patients taking this drug, it is best to exchange the use of several drugs, especially patients with rheumatic diseases.
The results of the U.S. study frightened many people In the study, scientists in the U.S. collected and tracked information on 65,000 slightly older people, asking these people about taking painkillers in the past 10 years and whether they had cancer. The study showed that 577 of the patients who took such drugs for an average of more than six years had blood cancers. The cancers obtained also included lymphoma and myelodysplastic syndrome. In addition, 9% of the respondents who usually had a relatively high dosage of paracetamol had cancer.
The risk of developing one type of cancer within 10 years was about 1% for respondents aged over 50 years. And if paracetamol is taken more than 4 times a week and for more than 4 years, the risk of developing cancer will rise to 2%.
Many members of the public may not know what paracetamol is, but it is actually widely available in commonly used medicines, which is often referred to as acetaminophen, a common antipyretic and analgesic drug commonly used for fever, headache and other minor aches and pains. It is the main ingredient of many cold and flu medicines and painkillers, such as Benadryl, Piriton, Tylenol, Sensachem, etc.
Miss Liu, a member of the public, said that these drugs are commonly used, almost everyone has eaten, are there any problems with these drugs? Recently, the reporter visited the understanding that many people expressed the same concerns as Miss Liu.
Not suitable for long-term use of an analgesic long-term use of analgesic drugs in the end whether there is a real possibility of causing leukemia? The study is aimed at long-term use, that is, people who take it for more than 4 years and more than 4 days a week. For people who usually take such drugs for a few days for cold and fever, there should be no effect, and this ingredient has been used clinically for many years and should be safe.
The causes of cancer are concentrated in the four major factors: genetic factors, chemical substances, radioactive substances and viruses. Long-term use of a drug is a chemical substance cause. Since a large amount of chemical substances may trigger chromosomal changes, suppress immune cell function and interfere with the immune system, thus allowing cancer cells to have a chance to take advantage of it, in principle, this possibility exists.
Many patients suffering from long-term pain, such as rheumatism patients, have to take antipyretic and analgesic drugs whenever they are in pain, which is actually not right. Liu Shangqin suggests that patients who need to take long-term antipyretic and analgesic drugs had better alternate several drugs, such as ibuprofen, aspirin, etc., and even try to clear heat and detoxify the Chinese medicine, do not mind the trouble not to change the medicine.
Even if leukemia is not considered, long-term use of antipyretic analgesics can cause a number of listed health problems, such as peptic ulcers, kidney disease, liver damage, etc. Long-term use of celecoxib can increase the risk of heart disease disorders, in addition, it may also increase the risk of blood system disorders, may cause a decrease in white blood cells or platelets, and to some extent increase the risk of blood cancer.