I would like to understand why ibuprofen causes issues.
Your lung pain seems to be in roughly the same spot the “broken glass” effect appears on serious Wuhan cases.
The research you quote is really good. I recall some similar research in the past year and told my wife that we might be getting a vaping setup with propylene glycol to help at home with future flues.
Really good writeup! This is solid, first-hand experience.
Thanks. I remain curious about both ibuprofen and my bowel issues (I believe that the virus is residing in my small intestine, insulated from my immune system by my healthy gut).
The megadosing of C has helped. I’m doing a phase II this weekend where I’m close to my own facilities and won’t have any possibility of infecting others (a distinct risk).
As my illness progressed through Day 1 into Day 2, the headache was, on a scale of 1-10 compared to hangover, an 8. Ibuprofen normally kicks a headache for me, having ceased any acetaminophen 20+ years ago. I can’t say with any certainty that it worsened my illness, but it was wholly-ineffective, Tylenol being the only relief from the headache & body aches (I got little sleep the night after Day 1 for those reasons).
It was the nature of public reports which manifested in the past week which prompted the statement warning against use of ibuprofen.
Point of interest: The lung pain is what prompted me to have my wife dig up her spare vape pen. I got IMMEDIATE relief and the post outlines the rapid reduction of my fever after what I established as a regimen.
I WILL maintain the pen & juice in my medicine cabinet/GoBag as mitigation of RTI in the future. As a matter of fact, I am awaiting eventual notification from my parents that they have fallen ill and will be treating them in like manner (much to their chagrin; they’re both skeptics) and will amend with the (hopefully-positive) results.