Furthermore mortality statistics do not include deaths ascribed to use of over-the-counter NSAIDS." New England Journal of Medicine

The Food and Drug Administration suggests even higher figures, estimating NSAID use accounts for 10,000 to 20,000 deaths per year in United States alone. In spite of this knowledge, little has been done to notify public. There has been no large scale public alert and pharmaceutical companies still market and promote worldwide sales of these products.

It is important to note that most people have no warning signs that these drugs are causing internal damage before they end up in hospital in serious condition. As death toll rises annually, consumers are slowly learning toxic effects of these medications and turning to Mother Earth to seek natural and less toxic alternatives to find relief from pain.

References;

Singh Gurkirpal, MD, "Recent Considerations in Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug Gastropathy", The American Journal of Medicine, July 27, 1998, p. 31S

Wolfe M. MD, Lichtenstein D. MD, and Singh Gurkirpal, MD, "Gastrointestinal Toxicity of Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs", The New England Journal of Medicine, June 17, 1999, Vol. 340, No. 24, pp. 1888-1889.

Fries James F., "NSAID Gastropathy: The Second Most Deadly Rheumatic Disease? Epidemiology and Risk Appraisal", Journal of Rheumatology, 1991, (Supplement 28), Vol. 18, pp. 6-10

healthsentinel.com & content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/340/24/1888

And manufacturers want you take 3 of these per day usually spread out to get recommended dosage. Are you supposed to start chewing these hard tablets to get benefits or what?

No wonder I was always hearing back from patients, "Doc, I was taking that glucosamine you recommended but I really didn't notice anything."