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New Information About Taking Aspirin and Ibuprofen Together

Internet URL

http://www.fda.gov/cder/drug/infopage/aspirin/default.htm  

Sponsoring Agency

U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Description

If your doctor told you to take aspirin to help prevent a heart attack, you need to know that taking ibuprofen at the same time, for pain relief, may interfere with the benefits of aspirin for the heart.

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Review Date

4/27/2009