Pain Killers and Hypertension

If you're trying to keep your blood pressure under control with diet and exercise you may be undermining your efforts, inadvertently.

A new study finds common over the counter pain meds including ibuprofen, acetaminophen and aspirin can raise your risk of hypertension.

The risk increases as you increase the amount of medication you take. For example: men taking ibuprofen 6 or 7 days a week saw a 38% increased risk .. 34% for those taking acetaminophen and a 26% increased risk with aspirin taken 6-7 days a week.

Now, this doesn't mean NOT to take these pain releivers .. just have a talk with your doctor if you're on this type of therapy.