Image description: A bottle of Ibuprofen containing 1000 tablets.


(Originally published earlier today on mastodon.social)

  • GoodEye8@lemm.ee
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    9 months ago

    The part where you need 1000 tablets, that’s more than a lifetime supply. If you need that many you’re better off visiting the doctor and fix whatever the issue is.

    • Thrashy@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      Tell me you don’t have chronic headaches without telling me you don’t have chronic headaches

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          9 months ago

          What would you suggest as an alternative, then? Most sources list ibuprofen as the first line drug of choice for moderate tension headache.

          • woohoo@reddthat.com
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            In Europe, generally paracetamol (brand name Tylenol in the US) is recommended for headaches / the common cold / flu, and ibuprofen for muscle aches / inflammation.

            For something more severe, they’ll recommend taking one type of painkiller, waiting 2 hours, taking the other, then 2 hours later repeating the process.

            Asprin is has mostly fallen out of usage as a painkiller, but is sometimes still used for heart / blood problems.

            These painkillers are out of patent, so there is never a good reason to pay more for a fancy brand.

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              That’s long been my approach with the starting meds reversed (ibuprofen, then Tylenol if needed). Acetaminophen/paracetamol’s therapeutic dosage is much closer to the amount required for liver toxicity than Ibuprofen’s is for kidneys, so I think it’s better to start with the lower-risk medication. If I’m in the middle of a multi-day episode that’s well-managed with just one medication at the regular dosing schedule, I will often alternate between them.

            • derf82@lemmy.world
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              Tylenol (we call it acetaminophen generically) never worked as well for me as ibuprofen. Plus, it is way too easy to destroy your liver with Tylenol.

              Plus I like the method of action. NSAIDs help control inflammation. Tylenol just blocks pain receptors.

            • BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world
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              Acetaminophen is pretty rough on livers and kidneys. People also overdose on it pretty routinely as a lethal dose is like eight pills.

              I prefer ibuprofen, but only because I’m a little chicken when it comes to stuff like that.

              • Gabu@lemmy.world
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                9 months ago

                as a lethal dose is like eight pills.

                Nobody in a civilized country takes EIGHT fucking pills, unless they want to die. A full card usually has less than 20.

    • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee
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      9 months ago

      Some have frequent need for them. It’s not a specifically American thing to have chronic pain…

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        9 months ago

        Chronic pain patients in civilized countries get a prescription note for a single card of, say, 20 tablets, then visit their local pharmacy in a walkable neighborhood to get their free medicine every other week or so.

    • RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world
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      …fixing general muscle pain? What do you expect a doctor to resolve there? This is fucking Ibuprofen. Advil. Am I taking crazy pills or is this thread actually happening in real life?

      • GoodEye8@lemm.ee
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        General muscle pain, as in pain after exercising? A few times? Sure, I get that. Regularly enough to buy 1000 Ibuprofen tablets? Pretty sure that’s not recommended.