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The argument runs from mechanism, and no trial has tested it head-on."},{"id":"s18","type":"pubmed","url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23726390/","title":"Vascular and upper gastrointestinal effects of NSAIDs: meta-analyses of individual participant data from randomised trials (Lancet 2013, PMID 23726390)","quote":"Major vascular events were increased by about a third by a coxib (rate ratio [RR] 1.37) or diclofenac (1.41)... Ibuprofen also significantly increased major coronary events (2.22), but not major vascular events (1.44). Naproxen did not significantly increase major vascular events (0.93)... Heart failure risk was roughly doubled by all NSAIDs. All NSAID regimens increased upper gastrointestinal complications (coxibs 1.81; diclofenac 1.89; ibuprofen 3.97; and naproxen 4.22).","summary":"280 placebo-controlled trials (124,513 participants) plus 474 head-to-head trials (229,296). The definitive per-drug harm table for heart, heart failure and upper gut.","_id":"w_h5ft4mlo","_ts":"2026-08-04T19:23:37.818Z","accessed_at":"2026-08-04T19:23:37.818Z","claim_ids":[],"hash":"0bd5346b10c72b3118276aa39003dbc0293e6548e28d52e1e824a030d4e6a0ce","prev":"378dbfe65853810dd9873a4585304fbc9dd591b7a22b93550450126156150232"},{"id":"s19","type":"pubmed","url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27959716/","title":"Cardiovascular Safety of Celecoxib, Naproxen, or Ibuprofen for Arthritis — PRECISION (NEJM 2016, PMID 27959716)","quote":"A total of 24,081 patients were randomly assigned to the celecoxib group... the naproxen group... or the ibuprofen group for a mean treatment duration of 20.3 months... The risk of gastrointestinal events was significantly lower with celecoxib than with naproxen (P=0.01) or ibuprofen (P=0.002); the risk of renal events was significantly lower with celecoxib than with ibuprofen (P=0.004)... At moderate doses, celecoxib was found to be noninferior to ibuprofen or naproxen with regard to cardiovascular safety.","summary":"24,081 patients randomised head to head for a mean of 20 months. The largest direct comparison between the three drugs on heart, gut and kidney outcomes.","_id":"w_hslw9383","_ts":"2026-08-04T19:23:43.420Z","accessed_at":"2026-08-04T19:23:43.420Z","claim_ids":[],"prev":"0bd5346b10c72b3118276aa39003dbc0293e6548e28d52e1e824a030d4e6a0ce","hash":"38863dfb0c55aa5748301da1f0476c683194b8731ce57ff32358b023a18e1854"},{"id":"s20","type":"pubmed","url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39412516/","title":"NSAIDs: what is the actual risk of chronic kidney disease? A systematic review and meta-analysis (Rom J Intern Med 2025, PMID 39412516)","quote":"Forty studies with a total of 1757118 participants were included... The pooled odds ratio was 1.24 (95% CI: 1.11-1.39), and the pooled hazard ratio was 1.50 (95% CI: 1.31-1.7). The pooled hazard ratio (HR) for individuals with no CKD at baseline was 1.31, while for those with preexisting CKD, the HR was significantly higher at 1.67.","summary":"40 studies, 1.76 million participants. Long-term use raises the odds of developing or worsening chronic kidney disease, worst in those who already have it.","_id":"w_q3zc41ug","_ts":"2026-08-04T19:23:45.694Z","accessed_at":"2026-08-04T19:23:45.694Z","claim_ids":[],"prev":"38863dfb0c55aa5748301da1f0476c683194b8731ce57ff32358b023a18e1854","hash":"97b6e1e1bfe27186b2f0ce082af49f0d05c6863ca0e810eb09d0a82fe0e50e53"},{"id":"s21","type":"pubmed","url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32297973/","title":"Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for acute low back pain (Cochrane 2020, PMID 32297973)","quote":"We included 32 trials, with a total of 5356 participants... There is moderate quality evidence that NSAIDs are slightly more effective in short-term (<= 3 weeks) reduction of pain intensity (visual analogue scale, 0 to 100) than placebo (mean difference (MD) -7.29 (95% CI -10.98 to -3.61); 4 RCTs, N = 815)... The magnitude of these effects is small and probably not clinically relevant.","summary":"32 trials, 5,356 participants. For acute back pain specifically, the drug beats placebo by 7.3 points on a 100-point scale, which the reviewers themselves call probably not clinically relevant.","_id":"w_cslwpp66","_ts":"2026-08-04T19:23:48.070Z","accessed_at":"2026-08-04T19:23:48.070Z","claim_ids":[],"prev":"97b6e1e1bfe27186b2f0ce082af49f0d05c6863ca0e810eb09d0a82fe0e50e53","hash":"3172c5960a9de7b078f9bbfcfe5e7c7eb2e21c38386449af40d2c28a92b7fe28"},{"id":"s22","type":"pubmed","url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26863524/","title":"Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for chronic low back pain (Cochrane 2016, PMID 26863524)","quote":"There is low quality evidence that NSAIDs are more effective than placebo, with a mean difference in pain intensity score from baseline of -3.30 (95% CI -5.33 to -1.27) on a 0 to 100 visual analogue scale... When we only included RCTs at low risk of bias, differences in effect between NSAIDs and placebo were reduced.","summary":"13 trials. For chronic back pain the drug beats placebo by 3.3 points on a 100-point scale, and the effect shrinks further in the least-biased trials.","_id":"w_wrf4dnp4","_ts":"2026-08-04T19:23:52.970Z","accessed_at":"2026-08-04T19:23:52.970Z","claim_ids":[],"prev":"3172c5960a9de7b078f9bbfcfe5e7c7eb2e21c38386449af40d2c28a92b7fe28","hash":"3b5ef68bd7f2ae328a260c7c3a9d25207794dc88a074696e09b183220dd5c2ba"},{"id":"s23","type":"pubmed","url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26414123/","title":"Single dose oral analgesics for acute postoperative pain in adults — an overview of Cochrane reviews (Cochrane 2015, PMID 26414123)","quote":"The overview included 39 separate Cochrane Reviews with 41 analyses of single dose oral analgesics tested in acute postsurgical conditions, with results from about 50,000 participants in approximately 460 individual studies... Good (low) NNTs were obtained with ibuprofen 200 mg plus paracetamol 500 mg (NNT compared with placebo 1.6), ibuprofen fast acting 200 mg (2.1)... For comparison, ibuprofen acid 400 mg had an NNT of 2.5 (2.4 to 2.6).","summary":"39 Cochrane reviews, ~460 trials, ~50,000 participants. The scale of human evidence behind ibuprofen as a painkiller, and the exact number needed to treat.","_id":"w_pnek4p4j","_ts":"2026-08-04T19:23:55.256Z","accessed_at":"2026-08-04T19:23:55.256Z","claim_ids":[],"prev":"3b5ef68bd7f2ae328a260c7c3a9d25207794dc88a074696e09b183220dd5c2ba","hash":"71e132983a555d776bdb3c516e6e8f4cfd007bd5465e1bd6fa0cd276739f4aa8"},{"id":"s24","type":"pubmed","url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34580864/","title":"Exercise therapy for chronic low back pain (Cochrane 2021, PMID 34580864)","quote":"We found moderate-certainty evidence that exercise treatment is more effective for treatment of chronic low back pain compared to no treatment, usual care or placebo comparisons for pain outcomes at earliest follow-up (MD -15.2, 95% CI -18.3 to -12.2), a clinically important difference.","summary":"249 randomised trials. The comparator that matters: exercise produces roughly double the acute-back-pain effect of the drug and five times its chronic-back-pain effect.","_id":"w_jgjin5rl","_ts":"2026-08-04T19:23:57.517Z","accessed_at":"2026-08-04T19:23:57.517Z","claim_ids":[],"prev":"71e132983a555d776bdb3c516e6e8f4cfd007bd5465e1bd6fa0cd276739f4aa8","hash":"741e6e2fc3ec90276815f92e27ea8a0ae3473e8c5e58cd71ef64dcd07f2e19b8"},{"id":"s25","type":"x","author":"@rjust1421","date":"2026-07-22","url":"https://x.com/rjust1421/status/2079732817420816700","title":"Six ibuprofen a day for years, kidney filtration flagged on bloodwork (anecdotal)","quote":"I took 6 ibuprofen daily for years until I retired. Don't need them anymore but last bloodwork showed filtration issues.","summary":"Anecdotal, single account. Reported kidney harm after years of high daily dosing.","_id":"w_kgk9wu7x","_ts":"2026-08-04T19:24:38.222Z","accessed_at":"2026-08-04T19:24:38.222Z","claim_ids":[],"prev":"741e6e2fc3ec90276815f92e27ea8a0ae3473e8c5e58cd71ef64dcd07f2e19b8","hash":"ec2b29b64a9cd26f7f0b95649cfec200110103d414c84f6002971e14429285e8"},{"id":"s26","type":"x","author":"@TheFengHunter","date":"2026-06-11","url":"https://x.com/TheFengHunter/status/2065052345642205232","title":"A stomach bleed that lasted a year, then twelve years avoiding the whole drug class (anecdotal)","quote":"Indomethacin gave me a stomach bleed that lasted a year bc of polypharmacy. I am currently taking a short course of naproxen bc of shoulder trauma from a sleep-related movement disorder. This is the first time in 12 years I have taken an NSAID. I begged for one. A little worried.","summary":"Anecdotal, single account. Reported gastrointestinal bleed, and the long shadow it casts on later treatment decisions.","_id":"w_pwx4rzx1","_ts":"2026-08-04T19:25:32.296Z","accessed_at":"2026-08-04T19:25:32.296Z","claim_ids":[],"prev":"ec2b29b64a9cd26f7f0b95649cfec200110103d414c84f6002971e14429285e8","hash":"f66d8c7e9ddecb13930411a1e989345ad0ffc300fede2f640411fb7da154eb84"},{"id":"s27","type":"x","author":"@jbf789","date":"2026-05-29","url":"https://x.com/jbf789/status/2060150691117605310","title":"Five ibuprofen a day for five years for back pain, stomach no longer tolerates it (anecdotal)","quote":"I took 5 Ibuprofen a day for 5 years...for back pain. Now I it hurts my stomach terribly! I can't tolerate it, at all.","summary":"Anecdotal, single account. Reported gastrointestinal harm; the exposure is exactly the long-term back-pain use pattern this page argues against.","_id":"w_djfnfto4","_ts":"2026-08-04T19:25:03.455Z","accessed_at":"2026-08-04T19:25:03.455Z","claim_ids":[],"prev":"f66d8c7e9ddecb13930411a1e989345ad0ffc300fede2f640411fb7da154eb84","hash":"b86e601ff02f71536101e0c9cb204b0e2f9537791b156987eb807f4def95f549"},{"id":"s28","type":"x","author":"@DadStrayer","date":"2026-05-04","url":"https://x.com/DadStrayer/status/2051426299843870966","title":"Ulcer, black stool, emergency room (anecdotal)","quote":"Be careful with the ibuprofen. I started taking so much that it caused an ulcer in my stomach and I ended up in an emergency room due to have black stool.","summary":"Anecdotal, single account. Reported gastrointestinal bleed requiring emergency care.","_id":"w_7c8o2jfk","_ts":"2026-08-04T19:25:06.445Z","accessed_at":"2026-08-04T19:25:06.445Z","claim_ids":[],"prev":"b86e601ff02f71536101e0c9cb204b0e2f9537791b156987eb807f4def95f549","hash":"4d899ceb63eafed2294f19817a41fe6d58d30a81f8aea6a88189f236ab07ef92"},{"id":"s29","type":"x","author":"@BraisbyI","date":"2026-07-13","url":"https://x.com/BraisbyI/status/2076624300556112226","title":"Two years of naproxen for spinal pain, then a six-month cap (anecdotal)","quote":"I took Naproxen for almost 2 years to help with spinal pain, and as you say, I also had to take omeprazole. When I moved house recently my new Dr. told me that I was only allowed Naproxen for a 6 month period or it could do irrepealable damage?","summary":"Anecdotal, single account. No harm reported yet; included because it shows how differently two clinicians can treat the same duration question.","_id":"w_x559nxgl","_ts":"2026-08-04T19:25:10.771Z","accessed_at":"2026-08-04T19:25:10.771Z","claim_ids":[],"prev":"4d899ceb63eafed2294f19817a41fe6d58d30a81f8aea6a88189f236ab07ef92","hash":"085de0a7d0b4cf3e378b63c1d9236d4ee0d8b85401870af970b0962c0bfdd4a1"},{"id":"s30","type":"x","author":"@meetjeo","date":"2026-03-23","url":"https://x.com/meetjeo/status/2036117578112766127","title":"Over ten years of use, no reported problems (anecdotal)","quote":"I've been taking ibuprofen well over 10 years, even for long controlled periods of time. It's not going to cause any issues unless it's misused.","summary":"Anecdotal, single account. The negative-for-harm case, included because the panel would be dishonest without it — though the harm tables show the risk is real even when an individual escapes it.","_id":"w_ofey2grx","_ts":"2026-08-04T19:25:15.067Z","accessed_at":"2026-08-04T19:25:15.067Z","claim_ids":[],"prev":"085de0a7d0b4cf3e378b63c1d9236d4ee0d8b85401870af970b0962c0bfdd4a1","hash":"f763577c8299ee0159f56eabb839aa26f706a81f3793262aff27b423bbd8ec35"},{"id":"s31","type":"x","author":"@BamaDarling","date":"2026-07-23","url":"https://x.com/BamaDarling/status/2080126143349346337","title":"Years of heavy use, kidney and liver tests pending (anecdotal)","quote":"I've been taking so much ibuprofen for Years, I'm getting my kidney & liver functions tested as well!","summary":"Anecdotal, single account. Outcome not yet known.","_id":"w_pwr0l7fn","_ts":"2026-08-04T19:25:18.377Z","accessed_at":"2026-08-04T19:25:18.377Z","claim_ids":[],"prev":"f763577c8299ee0159f56eabb839aa26f706a81f3793262aff27b423bbd8ec35","hash":"ef5883d64eaba9dcce96228476c13b49682596eb443f3cb5fba8804406a9c343"},{"id":"s32","type":"x","author":"@MuroCrypto","date":"2026-07-31","url":"https://x.com/MuroCrypto/status/2083184469956059529","title":"A dried-out lower disc plus a year-old biceps tendon problem, six weeks of BPC-157 and TB-500 (anecdotal)","quote":"My lowest disc in the lower back is dried out, almost no fluid left, classic herniated disc. Flared up hard in March, could barely sit or stand without pain. Went on for 3 months with zero improvement. Also had a biceps tendon issue for over a year, couldn't curl on the right side. Plus something in the right shoulder that made shoulder press painful. In June I ran BPC-157 and TB-500 for about 6 weeks. Separate, normal doses like everyone recommends, injected into belly fat. After 3-4 weeks it already felt better. Now after the cycle, zero pain in biceps and shoulder. Disc still needs physio and rest, but already much better. I can clearly say these peptides helped me a lot. Don't know if it works the same for everyone, I'm no expert.","summary":"Anecdotal, single account, self-reported. Tendon and shoulder resolved; disc improved but explicitly not resolved. No control, no imaging.","_id":"w_ttfwfbmi","_ts":"2026-08-04T19:26:11.078Z","accessed_at":"2026-08-04T19:26:11.078Z","claim_ids":[],"prev":"ef5883d64eaba9dcce96228476c13b49682596eb443f3cb5fba8804406a9c343","hash":"47d7b712d9a9a3abc12d931edae4a1f0611d6b8b9889eade76644a27c9b4ec5a"},{"id":"s33","type":"x","author":"@Compound_Cowboi","date":"2026-08-01","url":"https://x.com/Compound_Cowboi/status/2083353093878448335","title":"Elbow tendon pain of months, 2 mg injected locally each day (anecdotal)","quote":"Elbow tendinitis has been killing me for months. Started messing with my lifts and I was getting real tired of it. Been hitting it with 2mg BPC-157 every day, straight into the spot. A few weeks in and it's night and day. Pain is pretty much gone and I'm training normal again. Still got a little ways to go but damn it feels good to not have that constant ache.","summary":"Anecdotal, single account, self-reported. Reported benefit at a dose far above the commonly cited range, injected at the site.","_id":"w_s5gyufzj","_ts":"2026-08-04T19:26:14.633Z","accessed_at":"2026-08-04T19:26:14.633Z","claim_ids":[],"prev":"47d7b712d9a9a3abc12d931edae4a1f0611d6b8b9889eade76644a27c9b4ec5a","hash":"2161e6bf4304585552f866165329db66c846381f25207c7c133e73584f3686c1"},{"id":"s34","type":"x","author":"@raymondAjenkins","date":"2026-08-03","url":"https://x.com/raymondAjenkins/status/2084117597361189075","title":"A two-and-a-half-year knee injury the poster says nothing else fixed (anecdotal)","quote":"Hgh, reta, bpc-157. Bpc helped fix a 2.5 year knee injury surgeons, Drs, and PT could not.","summary":"Anecdotal, single account, self-reported. Note the poster was taking two other compounds at the same time, so the effect cannot be attributed.","_id":"w_ssg1x8bu","_ts":"2026-08-04T19:26:17.729Z","accessed_at":"2026-08-04T19:26:17.729Z","claim_ids":[],"prev":"2161e6bf4304585552f866165329db66c846381f25207c7c133e73584f3686c1","hash":"0ea12b244b8336f3dccded1f25c24746aabe5d33b7a6248eef5b05ad9b0c6373"},{"id":"s35","type":"x","author":"@BenWolf1425771","date":"2026-08-02","url":"https://x.com/BenWolf1425771/status/2083968934064316770","title":"Lifelong shoulder and joint pain on the BPC-157 plus TB-500 combination — post links a supplier (anecdotal)","quote":"Promise you peptides are No Joke, I used the wolverine stack (BPC-157 and TB-500) to alleviate lifelong shoulder and joint pains, Im sure it has other good health benefits. I found this peptide community on discord, the supplier on there is very reliable","summary":"Anecdotal, single account. Filed with an explicit conflict flag: the post advertises a supplier, which is a reason to discount it rather than exclude it.","_id":"w_nursidma","_ts":"2026-08-04T19:26:20.304Z","accessed_at":"2026-08-04T19:26:20.304Z","claim_ids":[],"prev":"0ea12b244b8336f3dccded1f25c24746aabe5d33b7a6248eef5b05ad9b0c6373","hash":"2c2e882cb8b43d6b55d4f7192225c8c25724de00f5ac0b64b5ce8da73e8e937d"},{"id":"s36","type":"x","author":"@michaelo_x","date":"2026-07-02","url":"https://x.com/michaelo_x/status/2072480753938751554","title":"Rotator cuff surgery recommended, two eight-week cycles, surgery avoided — post ends in a follow-me pitch (anecdotal)","quote":"Surgeon told me I needed rotator cuff surgery. A few months later I was back to heavy lifting and never went under the knife... For my shoulder, I ran 500mcg every night, injected subq right into the fat around the injury site. I did an 8 week cycle, took a 2 week break, then ran it a second time. By the end of that second cycle I was already back under heavy weight and surgery wasn't on the table anymore... As far as side effects, I haven't had any. The only things I've heard from others are slight anhedonia at very high doses and some redness around the injection site.","summary":"Anecdotal, single account. Filed with an explicit conflict flag: the post is promotional and ends by soliciting followers. Also the clearest statement of a commonly used dose and cycle.","_id":"w_rcelpuyr","_ts":"2026-08-04T19:26:23.467Z","accessed_at":"2026-08-04T19:26:23.467Z","claim_ids":[],"prev":"2c2e882cb8b43d6b55d4f7192225c8c25724de00f5ac0b64b5ce8da73e8e937d","hash":"a3a2b9f49b785f5b9aede092727408201e0504442142f18b589d4331234a15bd"},{"id":"s37","type":"x","author":"@Shift_leader06","date":"2026-06-29","url":"https://x.com/Shift_leader06/status/2071665450971181146","title":"Two months, rotator cuff quiet during training, heartburn gone (anecdotal)","quote":"Took bpc-157 for two months, heartburn basically gone unless I eat chili or something like that right before bed. Rotator cuff injury from jujitsu not bothering me when I lift or roll. Mood stable… like if something happens that would make me mad I let slide","summary":"Anecdotal, single account. The reported heartburn change is the only place in this panel that lines up with the animal gut-protection data.","_id":"w_m0p13yti","_ts":"2026-08-04T19:26:26.083Z","accessed_at":"2026-08-04T19:26:26.083Z","claim_ids":[],"prev":"a3a2b9f49b785f5b9aede092727408201e0504442142f18b589d4331234a15bd","hash":"0cbb7228485ed9620dfc5fabcbf620edb3e5abc6d1b9ef075d56b1e8e8757b6c"},{"id":"s38","type":"x","author":"@AJA_Cortes","date":"2024-05-26","url":"https://x.com/AJA_Cortes/status/1794522474702336108","title":"A disc flare that resolved in seven days, with placebo raised by the user himself (anecdotal)","quote":"Had a bad disc flare up this past weekend (I had a disc herniation at L5-S1 many years ago, never been the same since) Was staggering around in pain for a day and a half. Decided to try to taking oral BPC157 at 2000mcg daily -Also got two deep tissue massages, and a chiro adjustment. 7 days later, pain free. Did the BPC157 help? Maybe, maybe not. Im always open to possibility of placebo. Regardless, it was a fast recovery","summary":"Anecdotal, single account, and the most intellectually honest one in the set: three interventions at once, a seven-day window in which a flare commonly settles anyway, and the user naming placebo himself.","_id":"w_rgu60go2","_ts":"2026-08-04T19:26:29.503Z","accessed_at":"2026-08-04T19:26:29.503Z","claim_ids":[],"prev":"0cbb7228485ed9620dfc5fabcbf620edb3e5abc6d1b9ef075d56b1e8e8757b6c","hash":"8f0eb38d95582b643040a4fb115e3748f2cee99c7ab079004ffd3cef2e2ca6b3"},{"id":"s39","type":"x","author":"@LtCrandog","date":"2026-07-30","url":"https://x.com/LtCrandog/status/2082758463407473109","title":"Ten years of on-and-off use and a flat negative verdict (anecdotal)","quote":"Appreciate you acknowledging the potential placebo benefits. Been taking bpc157 off and on for over 10 years and really don't think it does much. Apart from not really healing anything I've had random tendinitis pop up even while being on bpc","summary":"Anecdotal, single account. Reported no benefit over the longest exposure in this panel, and new tendon pain appearing during use.","_id":"w_oqzx65lq","_ts":"2026-08-04T19:26:32.547Z","accessed_at":"2026-08-04T19:26:32.547Z","claim_ids":[],"prev":"8f0eb38d95582b643040a4fb115e3748f2cee99c7ab079004ffd3cef2e2ca6b3","hash":"b711610bd7452de29dff9ec054c71e643a51304fba971babe3284b64eb6e41bf"},{"id":"s40","type":"x","author":"@WayneLMarsh","date":"2026-07-26","url":"https://x.com/WayneLMarsh/status/2081368522601509373","title":"Eight weeks for a shoulder, judged not a success — but stomach problems returned after stopping (anecdotal)","quote":"I took BPC-157 for a shoulder injury. After 8 weeks the pain had lessened but I really didn't class it as a success. Came off and about 2 weeks later had problems with my stomach that had disappeared out of my awareness whilst taking BPC. Evaluating on a systemic level has better chance of catching this kind of thing. Sometimes the focus is too narrow.","summary":"Anecdotal, single account. Negative for the injury claim and incidentally supportive of the gut-protection claim — the two things are separable and this account separates them.","_id":"w_spdnp5wk","_ts":"2026-08-04T19:26:34.856Z","accessed_at":"2026-08-04T19:26:34.856Z","claim_ids":[],"prev":"b711610bd7452de29dff9ec054c71e643a51304fba971babe3284b64eb6e41bf","hash":"a80d221defb949278f7f543dfb562ebefc3c6b4ce604a995d1f2b77dafd8ce28"},{"id":"s41","type":"x","author":"@FreezerBurnv2","date":"2026-07-22","url":"https://x.com/FreezerBurnv2/status/2080030523506806963","title":"An injection-site problem from using too large a needle (anecdotal)","quote":"I just transferred my BPC-157 to a pen and I think I got too big of a needle (Novofine 8mm/30g Needles) for the tip so good brand but wrong size I think, but when I used it some blood went back into the cart after injection... also just now healing from the injection points.","summary":"Anecdotal, single account. No injury outcome reported. The only physical complaint anywhere in this panel, and it is about the needle rather than the compound.","_id":"w_qnbz664j","_ts":"2026-08-04T19:26:38.161Z","accessed_at":"2026-08-04T19:26:38.161Z","claim_ids":[],"prev":"a80d221defb949278f7f543dfb562ebefc3c6b4ce604a995d1f2b77dafd8ce28","hash":"4e8ede2bf557ffde3425fb13e1dfe65dca0331a96e99148e2b176100aba466c4"},{"id":"s42","type":"regulatory","url":"https://api.fda.gov/drug/event.json?search=patient.drug.openfda.generic_name:%22ibuprofen%22&count=patient.reaction.reactionmeddrapt.exact","title":"openFDA adverse event reports naming ibuprofen and naproxen (FAERS, queried 2026-08-04)","quote":"283,544 total reports name ibuprofen and 165,063 name naproxen. Most frequent reported terms for ibuprofen: DRUG INEFFECTIVE 27,383; PAIN 19,490; FATIGUE 18,754; NAUSEA 18,293. Serious event counts for ibuprofen / naproxen: acute kidney injury 7,141 / 3,145; renal failure 4,216 / 2,562; gastrointestinal haemorrhage 2,689 / 1,486; myocardial infarction 1,781 / 1,770; gastric ulcer 1,394 / 867; melaena 1,208 / 478; cardiac failure 634 / 305; gastric haemorrhage 622 / 489; duodenal ulcer 614 / 359. FAERS reports are voluntary and uncontrolled; they carry no denominator and cannot produce an incidence rate.","_id":"w_u186nun9","_ts":"2026-08-04T19:45:00.174Z","accessed_at":"2026-08-04T19:45:00.174Z","claim_ids":[],"prev":"4e8ede2bf557ffde3425fb13e1dfe65dca0331a96e99148e2b176100aba466c4","hash":"ee2b10ba8a567e29f96bc0ee57f1dbaa8a371421e0b0ee8ef9f8dcf2147a97e8","plain":"The FDA's own complaint database, queried for two common painkillers, with kidney injury, bleeding and heart events each running into thousands of reports. Nobody counts the people who took the drug without incident, so these numbers show what gets reported, never how likely it is."}]}