Re: Fortune Magazine Story on NSAIDS, Statins, Aging

Tue, 28 Oct 2003 09:59:18 GMT in article
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Matti Narkia
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>For
>example aspirin can trigger asthma attack, because it inhibits COX-2, which
>leads to increased production 5-LOX products leukotrienes, which are
>involved in initiating asthma attack.
>
Obase Y, Shimoda T, Tomari S, Mitsuta K, Fukushima C, Kawano T, Matsuse H,
Kohno S.  
 Effects of pranlukast on aspirin-induced bronchoconstriction: differences
in chemical mediators between aspirin-intolerant and tolerant asthmatic
patients.
Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2001 Jul;87(1):74-9. 
PMID: 11476469 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 
<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=11476469&dopt=Abstract>

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Matti Narkia