Paracetamol plus ibuprofen - advice
POSTED BY: Eloisa
UPDATED: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 20:29
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Guys.... really, *really* bad headache over here. My ibuprofen tablets aren't working.
Do any of you know if it's OK to take a couple of paracetamol as well? Wikipedia and my ever-wise sister fail me on the topic.
Love and strawberries to you all. (Sorry for rambliness; bad cold, mind full of fluff, not with it at all, aforementioned atrocious headache...)
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How many Ibuprofen have you had today?
Try and drink plenty of water and avoid bright light or straining your eyes. In truth looking at a monitor won't help, but minimise reading or watching TV etc.
I always tell my girlfriend to go easy on tablets and generally she gets better quicker with water and just taking it easy for a while.
Found this hope it helps:
http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/articles/article.aspx?articleId=857
www.cirqus.com
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Thank you very much for the advice. (I'd completely forgotten NHS Direct.) Paracetamol + bed = feel better. I hope.
(Six ibuprofen today - two at 10amish, which worked, two more at 2pmish, which also worked, and two about an hour ago, which didn't. I should *not* have gone to work today. I'm not fond of pills either but right now I'm too sore to sleep...)
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Originally posted by Eloisa:
Guys.... really, *really* bad headache over here. My ibuprofen tablets aren't working.
Do any of you know if it's OK to take a couple of paracetamol as well? Wikipedia and my ever-wise sister fail me on the topic.
Love and strawberries to you all. (Sorry for rambliness; bad cold, mind full of fluff, not with it at all, aforementioned atrocious headache...)
Paracetemol is Tylenol or acetaminophen. One CAN take Ibuprophen and then a little later take Tylenol. SO yes you can.
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..aaaahh..
I had no idea what paracetemol was! I don't know quite where my drug reference got to during the move.
Yes, you can overlap them if you need to. Do not exceed the maximum daily dose (MDD) of either, and try not to do it too often.
The reason you *can* mix the two is that ibuprofen (Motrin, etc) is an NSAID, and acetaminophen is not. You should not mix your NSAIDS, so no aspirin on top of Motrin.
READ THE LABELS. In self defense. Really.
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Originally posted by stinkingrose:
..aaaahh..
I had no idea what paracetemol was! I don't know quite where my drug reference got to during the move.
Yes, you can overlap them if you need to. Do not exceed the maximum daily dose (MDD) of either, and try not to do it too often.
The reason you *can* mix the two is that ibuprofen (Motrin, etc) is an NSAID, and acetaminophen is not. You should not mix your NSAIDS, so no aspirin on top of Motrin.
READ THE LABELS. In self defense. Really.
I only know from living in the UK. Did you know you can get tylenol 3 over the counter there! I miss me some Solpedeine! Some
(but it makes the cramps from pmsing a little easier to deal with)---- plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose
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strange, random, breaking-into-a-previous-convo-with-no-current-standing-introduction moment of mine but codeine, vicodin, etc. can get you a BIG profit on the street... I've heard... from... people... whom I happen to have a passing aquantence with... of course, never me, you understand...
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Paracetamol are nice. I slept.
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Originally posted by BrownCoat2007:
strange, random, breaking-into-a-previous-convo-with-no-current-standing-introduction moment of mine
...so my Feminax must-take-for-period-pain-only pills sitting in my bathroom cupboard (paracetamol 500mg, codeine 8mg) are worth rather more than I paid for them??
Ooh.
Not, of course, that I would do anything about that. Still... ooh.
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Originally posted by Eloisa:
Paracetamol are nice. I slept.Quote:
Originally posted by BrownCoat2007:
strange, random, breaking-into-a-previous-convo-with-no-current-standing-introduction moment of mine
...so my Feminax must-take-for-period-pain-only pills sitting in my bathroom cupboard (paracetamol 500mg, codeine 8mg) are worth rather more than I paid for them??
Ooh.
Not, of course, that I would do anything about that. Still... ooh.
Worth MORE than black market beagles!
And we welcome interruption on this ship!
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The registered nurse is now placing her fingers firmly in her ears and saying LALALALALALALALA..
I could just smack the lovely people who take in a little extra income by converting hydrocodone and its ilk to cash on the street. We call them drug dealers. Whenever I've got a patient in for surgery who has taken something someone gave or sold them, which my patient should not have been able to get hold of, it ends in tears and vomit.
Thanks, guys.
Oh, ibuprofen will actually work better than acetaminophen for your cramping. It blocks the prostaglandin receptors, thereby reducing the input your brain is translating into "ow". Just in case you were wondering.
Personally I need 400-600mg on a regular basis for cramps. I used to get cramps so bad I'd puke.
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