[pct-l] pain relievers

[steveboucher at yahoo.com (Steve Boucher)]

He's a doctor. 

http://walkforcancer.tripod.com/


and your medical training is what.

Happy JO wrote:

>As the information in the website below suggests, the combination of aspirin
and ibuprofen is very dangerous, especially for people who are exercising.  
> 
>Ibuprofen reduces inflammation as well as competes with a chemical pathway in
plateletes, the COX-2 pathway, which inhibits platelet clotting.  However, a
couple hours and liters of water later, the anit-platelet effects diminish as
the ibuprofen is cleared from your blood, and you are back to normal.  This is
why you can pump in 2 tablets every few hours into your body while hiking, as
long as you have plenty to eat and drink so that it does damage your stomach.
> 
>Aspirin, on the other hand, irreversibly knock the COX-2 pathway out in
platelets, rendering them useless.  This is great for grandma, who sits on the
couch and does want to have a stroke or heart attack due to massive platelet
clots.  The effect of one dose of aspirin will last in your body for 10-14
days, until your platelets are cleared and replaced.  But for a hiker, this is
bad news.  Knocking out your platelet function reduces your bodies ability to
heal micro-tears while your rest.  And furthermore, the combination of aspirin
and ibuprofen can render your platelets functionless, which is bad news.  
> 
>Therefore, taking ibuprofen based products is great for reducing inflammation
as well as pain relief.  Aspirin, better left at home, to be used when your
arteries are beginning to close on you.
> 
>Happy 'JO'
>the platelet guy

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