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		lbotos on Dec 30, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ibuprofen alters human testicular physiology to pr... What were you taking it for? Pain reduction? (Curious, no judgement, trying to understand if there was any other reason)

TylerE on Dec 30, 2018 [–]

It's an anti-inflammatory. Helps with all kinds of things - sore muscles, tooth aches - it's not really pain relief so much as it is things-that-cause-pain relief.

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