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http://www.webmd.com/news/20000810/alzheimers-take-two-
ibuprofen-call-me-in-morning

I'm watching C-SPAN3 on Alzheimer's as I write this.  I don't like taking medications.  If a drug makes me feel good right away, I get suspicious that I'll get addicted.  I took a prescription drug for my arthritis which made me feel good.  Then, I remembered that ibuprofen OTC was for pain.  So I started experimenting.  Lo and behold, I felt good.  Then I started worrying, how would I not want to feel that good.  It's been at least 3 years and when I feel good, well, I don't feel bad and so I forget about medicine.  Sometimes, I hurt for days before I remember I don't have to.  I've got ibuprofen.  I only take at most 1, 3 times a day.  Hardly ever though.  It's something that I can manage myself.  It started helping me not feel depressed the rare time I do feel depressed.  I do think that inflammation does occurs lots of time but we don't recognize it.  There probably are plenty of invisible terrorists insides us. I think depression can be a symptom of invisible inflammation.   
So last month when a newsletter mentioned ibuprofen is being researched for Alzeheimer's, that gave me confidence in my own observation.  This article says they aren't completely sure why it   appears to be working with mice. 

I'm certainly anxious to find out if they can trace ibuprofen throughout our bodies.  Some of the NSAIDs don't work for me and cause additional problems.  For some reason, ibuprofen works for me. I just took one without water and it's burning inside me.  That's a no no.  I should have not been so negligent with myself.    I will say this, I've never smoked.  I've only gotten intoxicated twice in my life.  Intoxication in me means that I can't  judge distances when driving or I vomit.  I experienced one each:)   I think eating and drinking and smoking habits do define differences in medication reactions.