Painkiller before exercise may be bad for the good

6 December 2012--diving a pain reliever such as ibuprofen, Ward pain from exercise or expected pain is a common practice among athletes of many levels.

Some think that it is also improves performance, because it reduces pain.

The practice can be however dangerous, according to a new study on the use of the anti-inflammatory drug ibuprofen aligned before and after the training.

"We conclude that non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) use by athletes is not foolproof and should be discouraged," writes Kim van Wijck, MD, surgical resident at ORBIS Medical Center, Maastricht, the Netherlands.

She took ibuprofen tightened Aus?¼bung-induced damage in the small intestine in healthy, educated men who were used on endurance training. "We used only two oral doses of ibuprofen, in the evening and in the morning before the exercise, and saw small intestinal cellular damage," she says.

"This damage reversible about an hour after finishing the exercise fit was complete", says van Wijck.

She does is provide, however over long term use and its effects.

The study appears in the December issue of medicine & science in sports & exercise.

Evaluated for the study van Wijck nine healthy, educated men. They were an average of 27 years.

They spent typically three to ten hours per week in endurance sports. They rated it four times the effect of ibuprofen (advil, Motrin) look at. In four sessions they:

Took a one hour without IbuprofenTook HourCycled 400 mg of ibuprofen twice before cycling 400 mg of ibuprofen twice while at RestRested without ibuprofen

Van Wijck earlier studies showed that exercise reduces blood circulation in the stomach-intestinal system. It is also known that NSAIDs such as ibuprofen blood flow can reduce.

In the new study, she evaluated indicators for intestinal injury after each of the four sessions. Ibuprofen both cycling led to higher levels of these indicators. Levels were cycling with ibuprofen than after the other three conditions.

The combination of ibuprofen and exercise also reduced what experts call cm intestinal barrier function, "what may be in bacteria, the escape from the intestine into the blood.

Taking ibuprofen before exercise should strongly be discouraged, says van Wijck. She knows that the practice is common. Some research shows up to 90% of the athletes in football and triathlon use pain relievers.

She studied only men but believes, the results would also apply to women.

Shoot what is to do, rather than an ibuprofen? Would be a better choice of acetaminophen, says van Wijck. "It works more or less like NSAIDs, but it is assumed that a little less gut hurt. But I suggest no painkillers, if not absolutely necessary."

Try you instead, she says, to eat a small amount of food before or during exercise some stomach bowel circulation.