ASA painkillers cause bowel diseases?

Regular use of analgesics may favor the intestinal disease Crohn's disease.

(04.05.2010) The regular use of painkillers may possibly promote an intestinal disease such as Crohn's disease. Medical researchers from the University of East Anglia have found in studies that a regular intake of the analgesic acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) to increase the risk of Crohn's disease, increased by five times. Heart patients in particular take ASA-containing medications for blood thinning.

Around 200,000 volunteers from the European countries of Germany, Great Britain, Sweden, Denmark and Italy took part in the study. Some of the participants had Crohn's disease over time. Further research has shown that the participating volunteers suffering from bowel disease regularly take painkillers containing acetylsalicylic acid. The results were published at the "Digestive Disease Week conference" in the USA. Now further studies are to clarify whether ASA painkillers possibly promote intestinal diseases such as Crohn's disease and whether further, as yet unknown aspects play a role. (Sb)

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