NY Times article about ibuprofen use and exercise

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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.