stu16@whuxl.UUCP (SMITH) (01/15/86)
Craig, I hope this reaches you - I have never seen such
a long path!
Well, obviously, this system can't reach Craig by email so
it has to be posted to the net. Sorry.
N O T A F L A M E !!!
Question: What is the difference between anti-pyretic
and anti-inflamatory? I was under the impression that
anti-pyretic means fever-reducing. If acetophenetidin, which
I would never take under any circumstances due to analgesic
nephropathy - (I was born with an arthritic spine - meaning
mega-doses of aspirin per day, before the effects on the
kidneys were known) doesn't reduce inflammation, why is it
prescribed so often for arthritis? If it is not an
anti-pyretic, why is it prescribed for fever? Or is it one,
but not the other? I DO know that aspirin is both. (Don't
take that either, same reason). And just what does
ibuprofen do? Is it just a prostaglandin inhibitor?
Or is it either an anti-i or anti-p or both, or neither?
(Incidentally, the only pain killer I can tolerate now is
Darvon-N, 100mg tabs. Codeine makes me deathly ill).
Upon reading this over, it sounds like a flame - BUT
I REALLY want to know.
Please reply to the net, as I am a guest on this
system until my system is reinstalled and I get my new
data-set.
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