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Aspirin in asthma warning (via Doyle)
Source: The Sun www.thesun.co.uk/
Date: 20/02/2004
Aspirin triggers a potentially deadly allergic reaction in one in five
asthmatics, according to new research published in the BMJ. However, most
asthma sufferers are not warned of the dangers. Researchers from King's
College Hospital, London, found that 21 per cent of adults and five per cent
of children with asthma are sensitive to aspirin. Of these 98 per cent are
also at risk of an attack if they take ibuprofen, 93 per cent are sensitive
to diclofenac and 100 per cent to naproxen, used to treat rheumatic pain.
The researchers have called for large warnings to be printed on all products
containing aspirin, and are concerned that many asthmatics may not realise
that flu powders and headache pills contain aspirin.
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