Ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin ...) extends life?

From the UK Express. FULL DISCLOSURE: I use it all the time.

Ibuprofen adds 12 years to life! Cheap painkillers can slow ageing and fight disease

Regular doses of ibuprofen could allow people to live up to 12 years longer.

In tests, the drug appears to hold back the ageing process as well as helping fight disease.

Ibuprofen, which is used every day at home by people to treat inflammation, pain and fever, may be the key to developing a long sought after anti-ageing drug.

Dr Brian Kennedy, president and chief executive of the Buck Institute for Research on Ageing in California, said: “There is a lot to be excited about.

"The research shows that ibuprofen impacts a process not yet implicated in ageing, giving us a new way to study and understand the ageing process.

“Ibuprofen is a relatively safe drug, found in most people’s medicine cabinets.

But don't get too excited - the research has been ...

In laboratory tests, ibuprofen was found to extend the lives of worms and flies by the equivalent of about 12 years in human terms.

The creatures not only lived longer, they appeared to maintain their fitness and health as they got older.

Despite the huge evolutionary gap between worms and people, the researchers believe they have found a new aspect to ageing that could have major implications for humans.

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Comments

[nancy]

they give flies ibuprofen? How do they know it's the same fly? lol

[tom faranda]

Funny Nancy. They probably tie a bow around each one's leg.

[Sweat]

That Fitocracy test you posted here on your blog, and which I took, measured my actual fitness age at under 20 years old, even though I'm actually 64 years old in reality. Now given this latest great news about Ibuprofen, I figure that if I start taking it, I could practically be back in diapers in no time!!!!!

[Ellen Mullin]

The first comment has me in me laughing sooooo much. Love it ! Ellen