NY Times article about ibuprofen use and exercise

[salsabike]

I remember hearing several of you say that there have been occasions when you've taken ibuprofen before some kind of workout and have felt unpleasant effects, so thought you all would be interested in this article.



http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/0...g-exercise/?em

[ny biker]

Very interesting - thanks for posting that.

[Cataboo]

I once read some book about the r4's and exercise (this is about then endurox r4 came out...) and it pretty much recommended taking ibuprofen before exercising to minimize muscle damage.

And while I do confess to using ibuprofen fairly regularly, I'm glad that I'm mostly lazy and really don't actually take it before exercise... I take it if I'm really sore.

[SadieKate]

I wonder if the actual study covered the use of ibuprofen only for a big event. He talks about regular use before every workout, but not about intermittent use only for a big event.

[Cataboo]

I wonder if the actual study covered the use of ibuprofen only for a big event. He talks about regular use before every workout, but not about intermittent use only for a big event.

I'm going to see if I can find the original article... if you read some of the comments after it - sorenzo's in particular... did they control for which athletes went in with injuries and were taking the ibuprofen for that? because they'd have more inflammation to begin with. I guess you'd have to measure their inflammation levels before & after the race to do it properly.

[SadieKate]

Thanks! I'm interested in what it says because I think there a lot of people who don't use Vitamin I routinely but may use it on days when extra long and intense effort is involved. Like only for a century ride but not for the training leading up to it, especially if you're, ahem, a bit undertrained.

[Tuckervill]

For me, it called into question my daily use of meloxicam (Mobic--also an NSAID) for my arthritic knees. I don't take the ibuprofen except under extreme need because I take the meloxicam daily. I'm wondering if those who took it regularly built up a tolerance or something? And am I in the same situation with the meloxicam?

I will say this...the meloxicam makes me able to get out of bed in the morning and walk down the stairs with very little pain, and I'd have to have a specific compelling reason before I gave up that little bit of heaven.

Karen