by Rebecca Seal and Benedict Alter, The Conversation Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Without the ability to feel pain, life is more dangerous. To avoid injury, pain tells us to use a hammer more gently, wait for the soup to cool or put on gloves in a snowball fight. Those with rare inherited disorders that leave them without...
by University of Waterloo Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Anyone who is taking a diuretic and a renin-angiotensin system (RSA) inhibitor for high blood pressure should be cautious about also taking ibuprofen, according to new research. Diuretics and RSA inhibitors are commonly prescribed together for people with hypertension and are available under various pharmaceutical brand names....
New research suggests there may someday be a role for ibuprofen in providing older adults with lasting immunity against RSV, a virus commonly associated with infants and young kids that also rivals the flu as a dangerous wintertime infection for the elderly. Pills. Image credit: Ajale via Pixabay RSV, or respiratory syncytial virus, accounts for an...
By SAM TONKIN FOR MAILONLINE PUBLISHED: 06:16 EDT, 14 June 2021 | UPDATED: 06:16 EDT, 14 June 2021 Ibuprofen provides better pain relief than the more widely-prescribed codeine, a new study has suggested. Researchers said the cheap, over-the-counter drug is also less addictive and causes fewer side effects than codeine. More than 5,000 people across 40 trials took part in...
Study results indicate ibuprofen is also an effective and safe option for fracture pain UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA SUMIT GUPTA, MD, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE EXAMINES A PEDIATRIC PATIENT DURING A CLINIC APPOINTMENT. view more CREDIT: UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI HEALTH CARE Doctors have traditionally avoided prescribing nonsteroidal...
by Mia Schaumberg, The Conversation A tweet saying ibuprofen reduces menstrual flow by 50% went viral last month. The original tweet and ensuing responses fueled a debate about society’s supposed unwillingness to talk about periods. At the same time, many women responded with questions about the evidence behind this notion, how it works, and the...
The painkiller is available in corner shops, supermarkets and petrol stations Swiss researchers found it had a more profound effect than similar medications The scientists warned the results are worrying for the arthritis-prone elderly Arthritis sufferers are at greater risk of heart disease and stroke if they take ibuprofen to dampen their pain, a study...
Sepsis is a life-threatening inflammatory response to an infection, doctors say NSAIDs work by blocking an enzyme in the body that causes inflammation But scientists found they can also inhibit another enzyme responsible for it Sepsis can rob someone of their life in minutes. But a potentially life-saving treatment has been under our noses for...
