Ibuprofen Alters Human Physiology

Ibuprofen has a long history of warnings relating to hearing damage, heart attack and atrial fibrillation.

STORY AT-A-GLANCE

• Taking 1,200 mg of ibuprofen for six weeks, commonly used in chronic pain, induced compensated hypogonadism, a condition in which a reduction in luteinizing hormone causes the body to work harder to produce testosterone, a situation which may lead to overt hypogonadism where testosterone levels drop

• Data demonstrates human sperm count an…