Study: Painkillers raise risk of heart attack and death

Dr. Koskei Kipkerich, Chief government chemist

Some deaths and heart attacks in Kenya may have been caused by over-the-counter painkillers diclofenac and ibuprofen.

A team of researchers from the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, have arrived at the conclusion that ibuprofen, which is commonly used in Kenya and other countries around the world as a painkiller, increases the risk of cardiac arrest by 31 per cent.