Voltar was a Viking comic-book character in an award-winning comic-book series by the same name. It first appeared in 1963.
He was the precursor of Conan the Barbarian, who, when brought to the silver screen in 1982, launched the movie career of Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Voltaren, on the other hand, is a U.S. brand name for a strong-armed NSAID (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug) called diclofenac, which has recently been called out by Danish researchers in a study published by the journal BMJ.
It turns out that diclofenac users showed a 20 percent greater rate of "atrial fibrillation, ischemic stroke, heart failure, heart attack, or heart-related death in the 30 days following their prescription fill" than those who took acetaminophen or ibuprofen.
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Right in the trash with those.
ReplyDeleteA doctor recently told me, "all drugs are poison, but each one has a useful side affect".
ReplyDeleteJust another episode in the big pharma drama series
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