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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
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Posted: Thu Mar  7 16:29:36 1985
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Organization: John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc., Everett, WA
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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.
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The preceding are opinions only, and do not constitute medical advice.
-- 
Kurt Guntheroth
John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc.
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