Anti Inflammatory Tablets

[Ady In Accy]

How long before a run would you take them to be effective during the run? I'm guessing 5 minutes before you set off will be too late..............
Anyone got any anti inflamatory tablet tales to tell/advice to offer?

[Stagger]

How long before a run would you take them to be effective during the run? I'm guessing 5 minutes before you set off will be too late..............
Anyone got any anti inflamatory tablet tales to tell/advice to offer?

They are usually slow working on me so I yake one the evening before, one in the morning and one before the race.

Don't risk it though. If your not 100% forget the race and do as your body is telling you.

I will never run on tablets again

[NirvanaBliss]

Being a beginner i get alot of aches and pains, mainly shin splints, but today i had ankle pain, so i took 2 ibrufen before i went to Heaton Park, and 2 when i came back, and although i am aware of my shins, they are not half as in the pain they are usually.

But i guess cos i am a beginner, i choose to take them to help me continue.

Maybe you should speak to your doctor about taking them?

[Witton Park]

I need the Ibups Ady - for cramp more than owt!

I take a couple before a long run - maybe 30 mins before and then carry some with me - I also carry the gel to administer direct.

But I tend not to use them away from the long runs. I'll have 2 before the PPP and probably take 3 (one at a time) in running.

Nuun tablets this year though so I'm hopin they will help.

[NirvanaBliss]

I need the Ibups Ady - for cramp more than owt!

I take a couple before a long run - maybe 30 mins before and then carry some with me - I also carry the gel to administer direct.

But I tend not to use them away from the long runs. I'll have 2 before the PPP and probably take 3 (one at a time) in running.

Nuun tablets this year though so I'm hopin they will help.

WP what is the gel like to take? seen it in the chemist, but not tried it yet?
I had bad cramp in my side today, is that what the Nuun tablets are for?

[Pilgrim]

WP what is the gel like to take? seen it in the chemist, but not tried it yet?
I had bad cramp in my side today, is that what the Nuun tablets are for?

The gel is anti-inflamatory/pain relief but take a while to be absorbed through the skin (so best applied sooner rather than later).
Nuun tablets help replace salts lost through sweat.

[Al Fowler]

WP what is the gel like to take? seen it in the chemist, but not tried it yet?
I had bad cramp in my side today, is that what the Nuun tablets are for?

Most people get cramp in their legs, is what you got not just a bad stitch?
If it is a stitch, think back to if you had anything to drink/eat within an hou8r or so before you set off. I have to be really strick with myself so that i dont ever touch an ounce of food or a sip or drink for 2 hours before i run or ill get a bad stitch.


I'll have to remember the try the Ibupro's for cramps, cheers for the idea WP