Amen brother , There was a line backer for the seattle sehawks ( Ithink it was kenny easly) who had kidney failure from Ibuprofin.Once again we have a situation where a person wants to stop pain.A good approach is to use an anti inflammatory drug,but the problem is a minor allergy to histimines making the pain and itching. So is there a reason a person would want to treat a reaction with thattype of drug? Not me , If I used anything at all it would be an anti allergy drug like an antihistimine,that is after all what is causing the problem to begin with. But the best possible approach I believe is to ask your doctor what is best for your particular situation. Discussing medicine long distance is not a very safe approach , since we each may need something different. Jerry Fries