NSAIDS, renal problems and women

[shootingstar]

I have a friend that is a critical care nurse and has seen too many cases of kidney damage from ibuprofen use. She makes sure to keep herself very hydrated when taking ibuprofen. If she takes a couple in the morning, she drinks a few liters of water with it to minimize the kidney damage. I've taken to doing the same whenever I take some ibuprofen and trying to make sure I don't become dehydrated. Unfortunately the situations where I usually "need" it, I'm usually fighting to stay hydrated.

I'm a little shocked and amazed...by this whole thread. Do some people take painkillers that often when engaged in sport that requires several hrs. of etc.?

I never have but maybe it's because I do long, but slower rides. I mean even 100 kms-120 kms. touring rides, where it would several days each of this type of cycling per week, I never took any drug...of anything. I've been riding for past 19 yrs. But then I'm wierd.

My dearie occasionally takes a Tylenol for long rides where he is bike touring over mountain passes with his pannier weight ...and these are rides averaging 100 kms. for several consecutive days each. He's more attuned to taking his puffer to breathe easier. I am aware that for a 4-wk. touring ride ..he would be taking tylenol..hmmmm maybe no more 8-10 times or less for that whole time period.

I will ask 2 sisters about all this --they both jog. 1 is a physician and the other is a hospital pharmacist (Latter does see all sorts of situations which land patients in the hospital. She actually knows more about drug therapy for clinical research purposes and informs my physician sister.).