[pct-l] pain relievers

[LivNLrn3R at aol.com (LivNLrn3R@xxxxxxx)]

I posted this question over on the women's list and now would like to ask you 
all too...

I'm doing the TM to Happy Isles (Cathedral Lakes) trail in July with 5 other 
women, one of whom we know has an altitude problem. I'm wondering what meds to 
take both for altitude & hiking aches. We're dawdling over 3 days.

What's the difference between Advil, Tylenol, Ibuprofen, and aspirin? 

I have a friend who climbed Mt Whitney last year and said some women hikers 
along the trail who were nurses were recommending aspirin every 2 hrs for 
altitude problems. But I know most people take "vitamin I" for aches and 
don't know 
if that would do for both problems. In other words, does the aspirin do 
something different than ibuprofen? Like are we trying to thin our blood vs 
dealing 
with a headache?

Becki