Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site bbnccv.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!harvard!bbnccv!sdyer From: sdyer@bbnccv.UUCP (Steve Dyer) Newsgroups: net.consumers,net.med Subject: Re: Ibuprofen Message-ID: <142@bbnccv.UUCP> Date: Mon, 11-Mar-85 11:00:45 EST Article-I.D.: bbnccv.142 Posted: Mon Mar 11 11:00:45 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 12-Mar-85 21:27:30 EST References: <433@vax2.fluke.UUCP> <703@druxp.UUCP> Organization: Bolt Beranek and Newman, Cambridge, MA Lines: 17 Keywords: bleeding, tinnitus Xref: linus net.consumers:1386 net.med:1182 > What about the side effect of bleeding, > and the effect of ringing in the ear from taking aspirin? > > Is it expected that Ibupropen [sic] also cause these? Ibuprofen does not cause an increase in bleeding time, and does not cause tinnitus. Both are direct side-effects of aspirin which ibuprofen does not share. However, it's been found that almost any anti-inflammatory agent which works through inhibition of prostglandin synthesis may irritate the stomach, especially if taken in large doses over a long period of time. Ibuprofen may have a smaller immediate irritant effect on the stomach than aspirin. People with a history of ulcers should contact their doctor before taking ibuprofen. -- /Steve Dyer {decvax,linus,ima,ihnp4}!bbncca!sdyer sdyer@bbnccv.ARPA