Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site mtxinu.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!zehntel!dual!unisoft!mtxinu!ed From: ed@mtxinu.UUCP (Ed Gould) Newsgroups: net.med,net.consumers,net.aviation Subject: Re: Ibuprofen: what the ads don't tell you Message-ID: <297@mtxinu.UUCP> Date: Sun, 3-Mar-85 19:27:28 EST Article-I.D.: mtxinu.297 Posted: Sun Mar 3 19:27:28 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 6-Mar-85 05:52:01 EST References: <401@ihu1e.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: mt Xinu, Berkeley, CA Lines: 14 Xref: watmath net.med:1345 net.consumers:1919 net.aviation:1440 > Before you throw out your aspirin and Tylenol and stock up on the new > ibuprofen-containing nonprescription analgesics ... Also, note that the margin of error between a theraputic dose and a toxic dose of aspirin is greater than for acetamenophen (Tylenol, etc.), and acetamenophen has a greater margin than ibuprofen. (This is information I got from a friend who is a lawyer involved in medical malpractice defense, so it's at least third-hand from a physician.) -- Ed Gould mt Xinu, 739 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA 94710 USA {ucbvax,decvax}!mtxinu!ed +1 415 644 0146