Regularly taking painkillers is linked to a much greater risk of stroke and heart attack from higher blood pressure, according to research published yesterday. Worried?

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I take painkillers very irregularly nowadays, used to take more when I was drinking and smoking more...

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My immediate thought was that people who regularly self medicate with painkillers may be doing it to cure hangovers - high blood pressure may be exacerbated by drinking alcohol, so chicken and egg situtation.

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Most headache's can be sorted with a bit of water as it is usually just dehydration, or that is what I am sure I have heard. Hardly take painkillers, only when it is really bad.

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i agree.

although I find water doesn't really work that well.

fanta orange works for me ... i don't know why ...

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When i'm dehydrated i get a headache - my grandad used to say it's my brain drying out

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My wife gets a lot of headaches, always at night time...........strange :< (

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Alcohol disrupts blood sugar levels, you prob just need the sugar.

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you saying I'm an alcoholic ?

;)

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Nope, just oirish.
*Runs for the hills*

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