Dr. Howard Smith Oncall

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/VYcpbXexVsM   Each participant underwent pulmonary function tests and recorded their use of NSAIDs over the month before testing.  Air quality measurements during that month were added to the database.  Analysis showed that NSAID use, which turned out to be mostly aspirin, reduced the effects of air pollution on lung function by one-half.  If you expect significant exposure to air pollution, you might try aspirin.  Better strategies are use of a mask or remaining in clean air.   Xu Gao, Brent Coull, Xihong Lin, Pantel Vokonas, Joel Schwartz, Andrea A Baccarelli. Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs Modify the Effect of Short-Term Air Pollution on Lung Function. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2019; DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201905-1003LE   #Airpollution #NSAIDS #aspirin #lungfunction