Paracetamol plus ibuprofen - advice
POSTED BY: Eloisa
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I suffer from migraines and severe tension headaches (severe enough to land me in hospital for 4 days!!) and at one time my doctor said "you didn't hear this from me but... if you get one of those headaches you can take Ibuprophen and panadeine (paracetamol + codeine) together if you have nothing else stronger with you...."
mind you - these were headaches that were landing me in hospital for 4 days at a time! 
*reads what StinkingRose and FMF wrote*
Oh yeah - what she said, and what she said too...
And FMF... that is so cool... I am going to have to NEVER do that either when I find myself in the UK again!!
Mind you I think we get something that strong here over the counter too - they just look at you like you're a codeine addict when you buy them...! 
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Well I KNOW that... I've seriously just heard it around... stupid kids in Minnesota... *shakes head* And, unfortunately, I guess I'm still counted as a kid... *sighs*
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I know i'm probably just repeating others, but I can be slightly more exact - I had a carzily bad headache (not a migrain apparently, but it felt like someone was trying to kick my ear down from the inside) and the doctor said the best thing to do drugs wise is to take a dose of paracetamol then no less than two hours later take the ibuprofen, but do it for the shortest possible time and never more than two days.
She also said avoid the products with caffiene in, even if they doo work quicker, and plenty of water and try to eat small amounts regularly - if you crave something as well, have a little as it might contain something that your body need, but not to much sugar.
With out so many drugs, the best thing I know to do (I used to get crippling stomach pains and tension headaches often - the joy of womanhood) is distract myself - take a tablet with plenty of water,get into the comfiest position you can, reclining but not flat, no matter how odd you end up looking, then sleep, or if you can't do that immerse yourself in something that will take your mind off it - very gentle music or a movie that you don't need to watch closely to follow, just to give your body chance to relax and stabilise.
I have waffled long enough, I hope some of it helped.
Isn't sanity really a one trick pony, anyway? I mean all you get is one trick, rational thinking! But when you're good and crazy...ooh hoo hoo hoo... the skys the limit!
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Originally posted by seryn:
I know i'm probably just repeating others, but I can be slightly more exact - I had a carzily bad headache (not a migrain apparently, but it felt like someone was trying to kick my ear down from the inside) and the doctor said the best thing to do drugs wise is to take a dose of paracetamol then no less than two hours later take the ibuprofen, but do it for the shortest possible time and never more than two days.
She also said avoid the products with caffiene in, even if they doo work quicker, and plenty of water and try to eat small amounts regularly - if you crave something as well, have a little as it might contain something that your body need, but not to much sugar.
With out so many drugs, the best thing I know to do (I used to get crippling stomach pains and tension headaches often - the joy of womanhood) is distract myself - take a tablet with plenty of water,get into the comfiest position you can, reclining but not flat, no matter how odd you end up looking, then sleep, or if you can't do that immerse yourself in something that will take your mind off it - very gentle music or a movie that you don't need to watch closely to follow, just to give your body chance to relax and stabilise.
I have waffled long enough, I hope some of it helped.
Isn't sanity really a one trick pony, anyway? I mean all you get is one trick, rational thinking! But when you're good and crazy...ooh hoo hoo hoo... the skys the limit!
http://www.myspace.com/seryndippyt]
Seryn, that sounds like the headache I had from 19 October 2004 to may 14 2005 - yep. everyday. By the end I was chewing tramadol like it was candy. They found that I had a wicked bad sinus infection that hqd been residing in me sinus' for years as well as ear infections with patchulous eustachian tubes.
Have them send you to an ENT.
Also - I know StinkingRose will kill me but - I have been a Navy dependent for ever and they hand out Ibuprophen by the wheel barrel. I have been taking 800 miligrams of Ibuprophen 3 or 4 times a day for YEARS! Helps with my aging body and all the joint pain from years of abuse.
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I should imagine they do, my only problem with ibuprofen is that it give me horrendous stomach pains, and i'm told that in the long term it can cause terrible problems in that area.
As for the headaches, i've had my ears looked at and blood tests done and this test done and that test done, kind of sick of it now. I'm told they are tension headaches - they come on for about a month at a time, i can get one to go away with tablets but the slightest provocation brings them back, so at that point I too tend to rely on paracetamol/codeine. But to be honest, the stupid thing about painkillers and headache tablets is the side effects are listed as headaches - keep taking them and it will just make the situation worse, and in the meantime you've increased your chance of ulcers and whatever in later life.
to be honest whats helped me more than anything (WARNING - girl talk! if you don't want to know, don't read ahead)
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was getting one of those contraceptive coils fitted - Mirena i think it was called - its regulated and calmed everything, made monthly pain and headaches and everything diminish to almost nothing - plus, no babies!
Sadly one thing it hasn't done away with is PMT.
Ah well.
so, thats cool.
Isn't sanity really a one trick pony, anyway? I mean all you get is one trick, rational thinking! But when you're good and crazy...ooh hoo hoo hoo... the skys the limit!
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