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This is news to me. The more common side effect I've heard of from regular or excess NSAIDs like Ibuprofen are stomach problems (eg ulcers, gastritis, etc.).
by tejasmanohar 8y ago
This is news to me. The more common side effect I've heard of from regular or excess NSAIDs like Ibuprofen are stomach problems (eg ulcers, gastritis, etc.).
- jjtheblunt 8y agoThat's a side-effect of inhibiting cyclooxygenase-1, which correlates to mucus production, such as that which protects stomach linings. Ibuprofen is a non-selective "COX"=cyclooxygenase inhibitor so inhibits COX-2, correlated with inflammation, while undesirably also inhibiting COX-1. This gives rise to the selective COX-2 inhibitors, meant to reduce inflammation with minimal mucus inhibition, such as Celebrex and Firocoxib.