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Ibuprofen helps with altitude sickness

  BAARN - Headache, tired or dizzy at great heights? Ibuprofen seems to help with altitude sickness or mountain sickness. That, researchers from Stanford University School of Medicine. People with altitude sickness often feel hangover. Common symptoms include headache, fatigue, dizziness, nausea, vomiting and poor appetite. Researcher Grant Lipman now claims that ibuprofen help against these symptoms. Ibuprofen is a widely used anti-inflammatory and painkiller . Serious Lipman studied in 86 men and women in a double blind placebo study, the effect of ibuprofen on altitude sickness. "This disease is not only annoying because it can ruin the holidays, untreated it can also lead to cerebral edema or swelling of the brains, "explains the researcher. "In many cases than even someone dies from altitude sickness." Research The study involved a hike in the White Mountains. The participants spent the first night at 1250 meters and swallow 400 milligrams of ibuprofe...