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Observation is that the risk indeed is quite low. there are about three axis events per thousand patient years of use of the drug. the absolute risk is really quite low and is largely restricted to patients who take high dose ansaids. that's 2400 milligrams of ibuprofen, thousand milligrams of adviler. in fact, it's been said that 99% of the episodes of increased risk occur actually in that very high dose group. that's far higher doses than the average patient uses in a given day. >> short of really counting our intake here, they posted an information about nsaid. saying quote, today we know t...

Cardiologist at the university hospital case medical center and also the president of the herrington heart and vascular institute. doctor, thank you for being with us here to put perspective with this. and let's do that with some numbers. in 2013 americans bought more than 275 million boxes of over the counter ansaids, totally $1.7 billion in sales. so how much -- how alarmed should we be about this? >> i think we really need to be very careful about being aliving roomed today. we've had patients calling us since early this morning. i think it's very important for viewers to understand that th...