Following reports that one of the most widely used painkillers, the anti-inflammatory diclofenac (also known as Difene and Diclac), is linked to an increased risk of heart attack and stroke ...

Patients with heart problems should avoid the use of painkiller diclofenac, the active component in Difene, after a major study linked it to an increased risk of heart attack and stroke ...

Dr Nina replies: Difene belongs to a group of drugs called non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents (NSAIDs). This class of medication is very commonly used as a painkiller, especially for ...

O'Driscoll revealed that he would be offered prescriptive painkillers Difene and co-codamol before matches, before retiring from the sport in 2014. “I’d have been part of teams where the ...

“For me, for the last couple of seasons, part of my match prep would have been a Difene and couple of Co-codamol. “In the Leinster and Irish set-ups you could get your hands on difene ...

“For me, for the last couple of seasons, part of my match prep would have been a Difene and couple of co-codamol. In the Leinster and Irish set-ups you could get your hands on Difene.