Image description: A bottle of Ibuprofen containing 1000 tablets.


(Originally published earlier today on mastodon.social)

  • @[email protected]
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    249 months ago

    Am American. This many pills would expire long before the bottle was even close to being empty. I maybe take ibuprofen maybe once or twice a year.

    • @[email protected]
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      389 months ago

      Damn look at no-pain McGee over here. I rarely go a week without a headache necessitating a few ibuprofen

      • DacoTaco
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        9 months ago
        1. ibuprofen is addictive, in my country they are a prescription only medication because of this. Paracetamol on the other hand, is available off the counter
        2. too much ibuprofen or paracetamol is bad for you. Youre poisoning yourself
        3. never, ever, take that much pain killers unless you have a known condition and the doctor agrees. You could be hiding something else by using the painkillers
        4. i feel bad for you. Is the headache that bad? I usually ignore those but i have a high pain tollerence :)
        • @sploosh
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          189 months ago

          I’m gonna need to see some citation on the addictiveness of ibuprofen.

        • @KoalaUnknown
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          9 months ago

          Multiple neurologists have just told me to take 800 mg of ibuprofen whenever I get a headache.

          • DacoTaco
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            39 months ago

            800mg is no laughing matter. Feel bad for ya. Have they mentioned why ?

            • @KoalaUnknown
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              49 months ago

              There is a “cavernous malformation“ in my brain.

              • DacoTaco
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                39 months ago

                Oh. Fuck. Feel really sorry for ya

      • Ace T'Ken
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        99 months ago

        I used to have to use them about 3 to 5 days a week. It had been going on for years.

        Turns out my blood pressure was too high. Took some blood pressure medication and now I haven’t had a headache that bad in close to 6 months. I wouldn’t have believed it myself if I hadn’t experienced it but you may want to get that looked at.

      • @[email protected]
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        19 months ago

        I fortunately do not get headaches often. I usually get them when I stop drinking caffeine for a day or so. When I do get headaches, I take acetaminophen.