Image description: A bottle of Ibuprofen containing 1000 tablets.


(Originally published earlier today on mastodon.social)

  • @[email protected]
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    139 months ago

    So how many do you take a day, for this to make sense? A dead liver is also a big medical bill, I assume, but maybe that’s a future you problem.

    • @brygphilomena
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      89 months ago

      Ibuprofen is metabolized in the kidneys, not the liver. That’s acetaminophen.

      Dosage is 2 pills every 4 hours. But prescription strength is equal to 4 of these, so it could be as many as 16 a day.

      • Aielman15
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        99 months ago

        16 a day? A medical prescription here would usually target 1200 mg/day, maybe go as far as 2400 mg/day, but not a single milligram more, as that’s the maximum daily dose recommended before side effects start cropping up. You’re taking 3200 mg/day for extended periods of time? You’re poisoning yourself trying to escape pain.

      • @[email protected]
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        49 months ago

        So ~64 days, then. It all makes sense now.

        Ibuprofen is metabolized in the kidneys, not the liver. That’s acetaminophen.

        TIL. Metabolised, or just peed out?

        • @brygphilomena
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          19 months ago

          I believed metabolized, but I’m not super intimate with its method of absorption.

          Most people won’t take such large prolonged doses, but when you have a family of five, it’s not hard to go through a good number of these. It’s a rather safe drug with pain relieving, antiinflammatory properties and a fever reducer.

          So muscle aches and headaches. It’s taken when someone has the flu. It can be taken to help with even a cold to help with the inflammation in the sinuses. It’s rather versatile. My back is spasming today, I’ve taken like 6 or 8 today.

      • @Gabu
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        19 months ago

        That’s actually insane. I never saw anyone taking more than 200mg every 8 hour, even after surgery.