Food and Drug Administration September 8, 2011
December 15th, 2011
WHO STUDIED IT?
An FDA alert regarding aspirin and motrin
WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW?
The FDA (Food and Drug Admistration) is concerned about the combination of aspirin and drugs like Motrin.
The FDA issued a caution on Sept 8, 2011 about the potential for a decreased effect of low-dose aspirin when ibuprofen is used concomitantly for pain relief.
The agency called on doctors to inform patients about the proper timing for taking these drugs together to avoid making aspirin (81 mg/day) less effective when used for cardioprotection and stroke prevention.
It said patients who are using ibuprofen for pain relief should do so at least 30 minutes after immediate-release aspirin taken for cardioprotective or stroke-protection or at least eight hours before taking immediate-release aspirin. Ibuprofen taken this way, the FDA said, does not appear to interfere with aspirin’s antiplatelet effect.
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