Keep wondering - we have been over that - you are a tad late. Would you like
to se my MRI's and Xrays, asshole?

This is the big league Mike, not rec scuba - take a seat.
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael J. Black <mjblackmd@ya*.co*>
To: Aquanaut Mail <techdiver@aquanaut.com>
Date: Thursday, June 15, 2000 5:26 PM
Subject: Re: HEADACHES WHILE DIVING


>OK Seeley, Milak, and other doc-wannabes,
>
>You can put the textbooks down now, and state what you really know.
>Clinically, ibuprofen and aspirin both inhibit cyclo-oxygenase in
>the prostaglandin pathway (I'm not looking at a book guys), both
>interfere with platelet aggregation, both prolong bleeding time
>(in my clinical experience, about the same), and both can cause stomach
>ulcers especially in excessive doses.
>
>As for diving, and the use of either aspirin or ibuprofen, I submit
>that moderation is the key.  And 800 mg every 4 hours is pretty
>damn excessive.  My guess is that most diving medicine physicians
>would frown upon this practice, but if you machismos need that much,
>or think you do, then maybe you should reconsider.  Excuse me if
>I chuckle just a little, thinking about "Slobitus," Type 1 Decompression
>Sickness, which even George admits to having had.  I wonder what long
>term effects you extreme divers are getting in your bones and in your
>central nervous systems, let alone the long-term effects you are getting
>from excess ibuprofen.
>
>MJB
>
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