Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2.fluke 9/24/84; site vax2.fluke.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!fluke!kurt From: kurt@fluke.UUCP (Kurt Guntheroth) Newsgroups: net.consumers Subject: Ibupropen Message-ID: <433@vax2.fluke.UUCP> Date: Thu, 7-Mar-85 16:29:36 EST Article-I.D.: vax2.433 Posted: Thu Mar 7 16:29:36 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 9-Mar-85 07:29:49 EST Reply-To: kurt@fluke.UUCP (& Guntheroth) Organization: John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc., Everett, WA Lines: 18 If you are interested in the most important side effect of ibupropen, it is that it can irritate your stomach. If you cannot take aspirin because it irritates your stomach, you cannot take ibupropen for the same reason. Ibupropen may be even more irritating than aspirin, so watch out. Add to that the fact that ibupropen is not notably more potent than aspirin, and aspirin has proven itself free of serious side effects over a period of about 100 years, while ibupropen is a relatively recent drug. There is no benefit to you to take ibupropen over aspirin. The only one who benefits is the manufacturer, who can charge more for (new) ibupropen than they can for (old, non-proprietary) aspirin. ------------ The preceding are opinions only, and do not constitute medical advice. -- Kurt Guntheroth John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc. {uw-beaver,decvax!microsof,ucbvax!lbl-csam,allegra,ssc-vax}!fluke!kurt