Is it safe to take acetaminophen or a Nsaid after diving?

[Nitrox_DiverNY]

As far as I know there is no risk about diving with ibuprofen, aspirin, naproxen, diclofenac and paracetamol. These painkillers are used quite a lot.

It seems that if you want to use a painkiller to prevent dcs, you can take aspirin. But also that is not completely known, and some people state it is a bloodthinner, that increases risk of bleeding. I met a diver in 2012 who took for every day decompressiondiving 2 aspirins to prevent dcs, he absolutly believed in this. I never tried.

thanks, not looking to take it for preventing any possible dcs but it is definitely very interesting that the diver you met had this belief. Was he a rec guy or commercial diver?

 

[Germie]

thanks, not looking to take it for preventing any possible dcs but it is definitely very interesting that the diver you met had this belief. Was he a rec guy or commercial diver?

It was a technical diver. He believed that no single deepstop was needed (12 years ago when vpm-b was really popular with deepstops) and that aspirin helped him to prevent dcs. And as far as I know, he wasn't bent till now, so yes, it worked for him. At least between his ears