A Referee's Best Friend!

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by SmokeEater

Advil and Aleve (actually the same medication) are an Officials best friends.

Actually, they are not at all the same....and proper dosing is completely different.

Advil, Motrin, and Nuprin are all common brand names for the generic ibuprofen.

Aleve, and Naprosyn are two common brand names for naproxen.

The two groups are NOT the same and have very different dosing instructions. It would not be a good idea to confuse the two.

[TimTaylor]

What Cameron said - this is important.

The other thing to remember, as my wife the RN keeps reminding me, is that these drugs are anti-inflamatories not de-inflamatories. They work much better if you take them an hour or so before your game than after the fact.

[SamIAm]

Originally Posted by TimTaylor

What Cameron said - this is important.

The other thing to remember, as my wife the RN keeps reminding me, is that these drugs are anti-inflamatories not de-inflamatories. They work much better if you take them an hour or so before your game than after the fact.

Amen!

(In the intereset of full disclosure, other than officiating Upward basketball, I am no longer officiating.)

My ibprofen use changes racquetball from a 1 hour experience to 2 hours with little degradation of skills.

Where is the Racquetball forum?

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by SamIAm

Where is the Racquetball forum?

I have it on good authority that the Racquetball Forum is actually on the drawing board.

It's priority # 2, right behind the long overdue, Basketball Table Crew Forum.

[BillyMac]

I'm fortunate that I have a stomach made of cast iron so aspirin is my drug of choice. One low dose (81 mg) aspirin before I go to bed each night. Two adult strength (325 mg) aspirin before I work a basketball game.