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Ibuprofen alters human testicular physiology

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Re: Ibuprofen alters human testicular physiology

#12
Is it callous of me not to worry about the testosterone levels of professional athletes? Because they seem to generally have enough. I worry more about people with RSI who often depend on overuse of anti-inflammatory meds and aren't demonstrably professionally masculine.

Re: Ibuprofen alters human testicular physiology

#13
Okay, so ibuprofen impacts testicular function, acetaminophen/paracetamol causes muting of emotional response (along with the liver toxicity), many other painkillers are related to ibuprofen, and opiates are Right Out.

Is aspirin at least reasonably safe as long as the blood thinning isn't a problem?

Re: Ibuprofen alters human testicular physiology

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Okay, so ibuprofen impacts testicular function, acetaminophen/paracetamol causes muting of emotional response (along with the liver toxicity), many other painkillers are related to ibuprofen, and opiates are Right Out. Is aspirin at least reasonably safe as long as the blood thinning isn't a problem?

some people can't handle the effect on the stomach. but if you can handle it, it's a good choice. Or marijuana

Re: Ibuprofen alters human testicular physiology

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It would be mind boggling if pain killers were connected to dropping male fertility. It might even explain why so many cultures had rites to male adulthood involving extreme pain.

I sometimes imagine, with horror, what would happen if after 500 years of progress, humanity were to realize that almost all cultural practices they painfully, one by one, undid, were all sensible to begin with for reasons that humanity didn't previously understand.

Re: Ibuprofen alters human testicular physiology

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Okay, so ibuprofen impacts testicular function, acetaminophen/paracetamol causes muting of emotional response (along with the liver toxicity), many other painkillers are related to ibuprofen, and opiates are Right Out. Is aspirin at least reasonably safe as long as the blood thinning isn't a problem?

I tend to use naproxen but something tells me that would kill me as well
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