Dr Lillie Rosenthal, Medical Advisory Board for MedShadow about Ibuprofen:
Die-hard athletes sometimes take an Advil before, say, a long run. But that may be, at best, a waste of time and potentially harmful at worst. ‘Painkillers are a chemical Band-Aid,’ says Lillie Rosenthal, DO, a medical advisory board member at MedShadow Foundation, a nonprofit group that educates patients on long-term drug safety and efficacy. ‘You have to listen to the body and figure out the cause,’ says Dr. Rosenthal, who specializes in physical medicine and rehabilitation. – 9 Times Ibuprofen Won’t Work – and Could Be Dangerous