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A team of researchers from Denmark and France has found that taking regular doses of the pain reliever ibuprofen over a long period of time can lead to a disorder in men called compensated hypogonadism. In their paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the group describes their study, which involved giving the drug to volunteers and monitoring their hormones and sperm production. To learn more about the possible impacts of the popular anti-inflammation drug Ibuprofen on male fertility when taken for long periods of time, the researchers asked 31 men between the ages of 18 and...

Women taking daily amounts of non-aspirin painkillers -- such as extra-strength Tylenol -- should monitor their blood pressure, doctors say following a new study suggesting a link between the drugs and hypertension. "If you're taking these over-the-counter medications at high dosages on a regular basis, make sure that you report it to your doctor and you're checking your blood pressure," said Dr. Christie Ballantyne, a cardiologist at the Methodist DeBakey Heart Center in Houston who had no role in the study. While many popular over-the-counter painkillers have been linked before to high blood pressure, acetaminophen, sold as Tylenol, has generally...

Could Children's Motrin Make Your Child Blind?   A 7-year-old child recently developed blindness after taking a recommended dose of Children's Motrin.The BeginningThe tragedy started when the girl (age 6 at the time) had come home from school with a headache; her parents gave her a recommended dose of Children's Motrin. However, instead of "curing" her ache, the drug led to an acute allergic reaction known as Stevens-Johnson Syndrome -- a rare, violent allergic immune system response that causes fever and blistering, which may affect the cornea and other parts of the eye.The very next day the girl was...

LOS ANGELES — The parents of a 7-year-old girl on Tuesday sued the makers of Children's Motrin (search) and several other companies that distribute the painkiller, claiming their daughter lost her eyesight and suffered other severe side effects after taking the medication. The lawsuit, filed on behalf of Sabrina Brierton Johnson (search) of Los Angeles, seeks unspecified compensatory and punitive damages against health care giant Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), subsidiary McNeil Consumer & Specialty Pharmaceuticals, and several other firms, including retailers Ralphs Grocery and Albertsons Inc.'s Sav-On pharmacies.