[pct-l] Vitamin I

[Sir Mixalot]

I do understand that your comment was based solely on your experience, but
I'd really like to know if this been confirmed with the same level of
rigorous scientific research that ibuprofen has been.  I'd like to think
that it would be without side effects because it's natural, but butter is
natural and unhealthy if used in very large quantities.  Since thru hikers
tend to consume a LOT of pain reliever, it isn't valid to only consider
quantities consumed by the normal person.  I suppose if nothing else, it
gives us another type of pain reliever.  It might be best to mix them up.
 Perhaps ibuprofen one day, tart cherry juice the next day, and then fish
oil on the third day of the rotation.  Does "glaucoma medicine" ;) help
with pain?

On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 1:18 AM, Scott Iceberg <scotticeberg at yahoo.com>wrote:

> In my experience tart cherry juice has the same effect as ibuprofen,
> without the litany of adverse health effects. Both Ibuprofen and Tart
> Cherry juice inhibit COX-1 and COX-2. Tart Cherry is not very practical on
> the trail, however.
>
>
> ________________________________
>  From: David Thibault <dthibaul07 at gmail.com>
> To: pct-l <pct-l at backcountry.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 5, 2012 10:45 PM
> Subject: [pct-l] Vitamin I
>
> Interesting Article on taking Vitamin I
>
>
> http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/05/for-athletes-risks-from-ibuprofen-use/
>
> Used to use ibuprofen on the trail - then stopped and didn't really notice
> any difference  - so stopped taking it.
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