I have a painful injury. I’m awaiting a specialist appointment but in the meantime my GP has advised that I use prescribed pain medication. When not using that she advised me to use ibuprofen and paracetamol. I made her aware that I was still exercising - running three times a week and going to the gym twice a week.
I’ve just been informed that using ibuprofen while exercising increases your risk of kidney injury massively, as it decreases blood flow to the kidneys.
I’m now panicking massively as I’ve been doing this for over two months now. AIBU to call the GP tomorrow and ask for bloods to check on my kidneys given that I’ve been putting myself at risk???