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General Category => The Knowledge => Health & Fitness => Topic started by: tiermat on 17 January, 2013, 12:53:21 pm

Title: Before you go reaching for the Vitamin I
Post by: tiermat on 17 January, 2013, 12:53:21 pm

Read this abstract:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22776871

I don't have access to the full text, but it doesn't sound good :(

ETA: More detail, here: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/775403_1

Title: Re: Before you go reaching for the Vitamin I
Post by: Jakob on 17 January, 2013, 06:02:47 pm

Not just that..it also has detrimental effects on recovery

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/01/phys-ed-does-ibuprofen-help-or-hurt-during-exercise/

Title: Re: Before you go reaching for the Vitamin I
Post by: ferret on 17 January, 2013, 08:29:27 pm

I thought it was given that Ibuprofen causes ulcers if used too much?

Title: Re: Before you go reaching for the Vitamin I
Post by: Kim on 17 January, 2013, 08:33:42 pm

Presumably the news here is that exercise exacerbates the effect...