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A member asked:

I got told to take ibuprofen and after few days suddenly started loosing weight and no appetite for 2 weeks now.?

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Dr. Ron Jones answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Certainly stop Med: Probable coincidence, but stop the medication and see your doctor. Ask that your kidney function gets checked. I think "sudden" would not be related to stomach or ulcer, unless you already had one.

Dr Kuitems agreed

Answered 3/10/2019

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