G C Allison wrote: > Can any BEE-L subscriber with a better memory/filing system than me point me to a > concise summary of last year's postings on increased bee sting reaction after >taking Ibuprofen & similar painkillers, thank you I have copies of all the bee-line logs and my trusty grep utility yields the following results: File BEEL9306.TXT: inflammatory drug (ibuprofen, fenoprofen, naproxen, etc.) use ibuprofen, fenoprofen, naproxen, ketoprofen, sulindac, piroxicam, suprofen and tolmetin. File BEEL9307.TXT: Subject: Re: sting reaction and ibuprofen inflammatory drug (ibuprofen, fenoprofen, naproxen, etc.) use File BEEL9403.TXT: ibuprofen, fenoprofen, naproxen, ketoprofen, sulindac, piroxicam, suprofen and >anti-inflammatory drugs mentioned were ibuprofen, fenoprofen, >naproxen, ketoprofen, sulindac, piroxicam, suprofen and tolmetin. Yup. It was ibuprofen. Thanks for confirming my recollection, and File BEEL9508.TXT: once when I was taking a pain killer in the ibuprofen family, and I was stung uses of ibuprofen. Ask the doctor.. inflammation. Such drugs include ibuprofen, fenoprofen, naproxen, ketoprofen, sulindac, piroxicam, suprofen and File LOG9609D.TXT: I have been told that ibuprofen or any drug that ends with the extension -profen should not be used by beekeepers. Apparently, there Subject: Ibuprofen and Bee Venom Immunity ibuprofen thing. It was here on the bee line! I've downloaded your medicine chest of the -profen drugs. Dr. Mom at my house did >inflammatory drug (ibuprofen, fenoprofen, naproxen, etc.) use >ibuprofen, fenoprofen, naproxen, ketoprofen, sulindac, piroxicam, suprofen and inflammation. Such drugs include ibuprofen, fenoprofen, naproxen, ketoprofen, sulindac, piroxicam, suprofen and ibuprofen, but there's a fair range even in an individual (e.g., Ibuprofen) can diminish the ability of ones body to react normally to events. Take for example the ibuprofen flurry lately. Simple statistics reports. That would mean that our ibuprofen reactions occur only 1 in cases gets reported] = 15,000 'allergic ' beekeepers per ibuprofen ibuprofen and systemic reaction is demonstrated, I might become a events. Take for example the ibuprofen flurry lately. >> I was taking one of the "profen" drugs once (after dental surgery), and >events. Take for example the ibuprofen flurry lately. Simple statistics >reports. That would mean that our ibuprofen reactions occur only 1 in >cases gets reported] = 15,000 'allergic ' beekeepers per ibuprofen > events. Take for example the ibuprofen flurry lately. >> > I was taking one of the "profen" drugs once (after dental surgery), and Subject: Statistical significance of ibuprofen/bee sting reactions > improbably events. Take for example the ibuprofen flurry lately. such that the occurrences of a correlation between "Any-profen" and usual routine - get out of the beeyard and take a couple ibuprofens to possibility that the ibuprofens are exacerbating the condition, not it ibuprofen? No, I avoid "Any-profen" based on the article I posted. > a mechanism for the supposedly correlated effects between ibuprofen you against "any-profens", and in the realm of statistics you should not correlation between anyprofens and adverse bee sting reactions. So profen on Justin! However, don't discount the possibility that the the statistically insignificant dead ibuprofen takin' beekeeper from should avoid anyprofens, but every beekeeper should be aware that anyprofen and bee stings. Is Dave one? Beats the hell out of me, but File LOG9609E.TXT: Subject: Re: Statistical significance of ibuprofen/bee sting reactions File LOG9610B.TXT: (e.g., Ibuprofen) can diminish the ability of ones body to react normally to File LOG9611A.TXT: Subject: Ibuprofen sources regarding the ibuprofen article that was passed around and beaten up The sources included in the Ibuprofen article are listed below. I the xx-profens. I would be interested in follow-up information anyone Regarding Ibuprofen and stings I have a reference which originally came File LOG9611B.TXT: Subject: Ibuprofen Subject: Re: Ibuprofen two doctors that haven't checked when prescribing Ibuprofen, they may Subject: Re: Ibuprofen Ted Wout, 3rd year beekeeper, 8 hives, adding 4 this spring Red Oak, TX