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Ibuprofen consumption in a young bodybuilder with a fever was associated with the development of rhabdomyolysis-induced acute kidney injury.
This case highlights the potential for ibuprofen to trigger rhabdomyolysis-induced AKI in susceptible individuals such as bodybuilders.
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May warrant NSAID caution in febrile bodybuilders; hypothesis-generating and requires confirmation.
Acute kidney injury (AKI) affects 10%–50% of rhabdomyolysis patients with a complex etiology. Herewith is a case of a young bodybuilder who reported symptoms after consuming Ibuprofen for a casual fever. Eventually, he was diagnosed with rhabdomyolysis induced by AKI.
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Alikutty et al. (2022) studied this question. Ibuprofen consumption in a young bodybuilder with a fever was associated with the development of rhabdomyolysis-induced acute kidney injury.
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