Ibuprofen decreases likelihood of altitude sickness

"A really nasty hangover" is how Grant Lipman, a clinical assistant professor at the Stanford University School of Medicine, describes the feeling of acute mountain sickness, and for good reason: Symptoms can include headache, fatigue, dizziness, nausea, vomiting and poor appetite. More than 25 percent of the millions of Americans who travel to high elevations each year, often to hike, camp or ski, will suffer from this condition, also known as altitude illness. But a new study has ...