new YORK (Reuters Health) – A new study suggests that
take ibuprofen before traveling to areas of height would help to
some people avoid the headache and nausea than
produces the so-called “high evil”.
But even ibuprofen, “there are many people who do not have
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Symptoms”, said Dr. Robert Roach, director of the center of
Research of the altitude of the Faculty of Medicine of the
University of Colorado in Denver.
“there will also be some (people) that ibuprofen not
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serve them too”, said Roach, who did not participate in the study.
Team doctor Jeffrey Gertsch, of the Faculty of
Medicine of the University of California, San Diego, asked
a group of volunteers leading a few kilometres
to climb of about 1,200 to about 3,650 meters in the mountains
White of California.
Half of the participants took 360 milligrams (mg) of
ibuprofen three times per day, from six hours before the
rise. The other half took placebo (control group).
The participants stayed overnight in height.
43 Percent of the group treated with ibuprofen developed
bad altitude acute, with a severe headache and at least
other symptoms, compared with 69 per cent of the Group’s
control.
Eight volunteers had severe enough symptoms
as to require treatment, six with ibuprofen and two with
placebo, according to published Annals of Emergency Medicine.
The authors estimated that four people would be required to take
ibuprofen before and during a trip to the height to prevent
one sick.
Gertsch said that a question that the study cannot
answer is whether ibuprofen reduces the symptoms of altitude
to relieve pain or if really attacks the origin of those
symptoms, including inflammation and vascular changes.
If only relieves pain, the specialist felt that
could be worrying for those who travel to altitude areas.
“could create a false sense of security (…) and generate
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many problems” in high areas with little oxygen.
The researchers, as it believed Gertsch, will require measures
objective to determine that they can altitude sickness
answer that question.
The authors agreed that ibuprofen is an option
for people who don’t want to take prescription drugs. The
acetazolamide can produce nausea and fatigue, symptoms are
of altitude sickness, while dexamethasone raises the
levels of blood sugar and alters sleep. Each pill of
ibuprofen costs cents.
“people could try it… and see if it gives them
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result”, said Roach, who recalled that ibuprofen also
can cause adverse effects, such as stomach problems.
However, when it’s traveling to areas of height,
considered “that there is nothing to replace the planning
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careful, including Ascend by stages and slowly”.
Source: Annals of Emergency Medicine, online March 20 of the
2012
