Matt Cook here, and aspirin is an amazing substance.

It can lower the risk of most common chronic diseases – including colorectal cancer.

One of the things aspirin does is inhibit an enzyme called COX-2.

This has led to studies showing that COX-2 inhibitors can reduce colorectal cancer.

But many other COX-2 inhibitors are not as safe as aspirin…

Studies have shown that using the COX-2 inhibitor celecoxib to reduce colorectal cancer can double your risk of cardiovascular problems.

This treatment is also used for acute pain, ankylosing spondylitis, dysmenorrhea, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and migraines.

The human research was carried out at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. This paper was published in Circulation.

The researchers looked at data from trials on the ability of the COX-2 inhibitor celecoxib to reduce adenomatous polyps.

These are growths in the colon or rectum, usually benign, but they can develop into colorectal cancer over time.

The researchers analyzed data from studies that used different doses of celecoxib or placebo over a long period.

The studies tracked all sorts of health metrics – including serious cardiovascular events.

The researchers found that higher daily doses of celecoxib were associated with greater cardiovascular problems.

Taking 400mg of celecoxib once a day was associated with a 30% increase in cardiovascular issues.

Taking 400mg twice daily was associated with a 240% increase in cardiovascular issues.

Taking this treatment was associated with a near doubling of major cardiovascular risk!

The researchers also found a significant increase in blood pressure in people taking these treatments.

Again, higher doses were associated with a greater increase in blood pressure.

The longer people use these treatments, the greater the increase in blood pressure.

Inhibiting COX-2 very likely decreases the risk of colorectal cancer. It's a good thing to do.

But it's important to pay attention to the method.

While low doses of the COX-2 inhibitor aspirin can be beneficial and safe, other COX-2 inhibitors like celecoxib can have major side effects.

Using this treatment regularly seems to double the risk of major cardiovascular problems.

The treatment also clearly increases blood pressure.

This can cause further problems, as doctors may try to deal with the increase in blood pressure by using other harmful treatments.**

Aspirin is a very useful treatment. But it's out of patent, extremely cheap, and not profitable.

Big Pharma is always trying to replace aspirin with patentable treatment.

But every time they do this, they come up with something that fits a narrow biochemical definition but has disastrous health consequences.

-Matt Cook / malehealthcures.com