• @[email protected]
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    I agree with the sentiment but are 200mg common where you live? Here in Germany I always get 400mg packs.

    • @[email protected]
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      Yes, 100 mg being the standard, 200 mg “strong” ones and 400 mg “we have a good price on these, look how strong they are” said by a visibly excited pharmacy lady. Just behind your eastern border.

  • Flying SquidM
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    Hi. American here with atypical trigeminal neuralgia.

    I don’t even bother with analgesics for anything at this point. You hit 10 on the pain scale enough times and anything below 6 you mostly shrug off.

    Unless I stub my toe. That shit hurts like a motherfucker.

  • @TheBluePillock
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    I’m kinda in this meme. I went through one of those big bottles roughly every 1-2 months for 20 years. Sometimes 12 pills in one day, with 4-8 acetaminophen on top (they do giant double packs of those too). Chronic migraines, but every doctor I asked for help just told me to lose weight so it went untreated and got worse and worse. Our health care suuuucks.

    I did lose the weight. It didn’t magically fix my migraines, or affect them at all. Insurance dicked me around for another year and a half while my neurologist tried to help every way she could, but we finally got it down to only one migraine a week. I’m truly glad for that, but I still think about the years of unnecessary suffering, and how much better it might be now if I’d been treated sooner.

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      You know what sucks as well? Taking too many painkillers against headaches actually causes headaches. Horrible ones at that. Glad to read that you’re feeling better, but that’s a real trap many people out there are stuck in.

      • @TheBluePillock
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        Yup, it was the first thing we checked when I actually got treatment. I’m sure that didn’t help, but compared to the pain of the migraines it was negligible. Having to refrain from pain meds for a while to make sure was a hell of a ride though. I lasted about three months. The doctor was satisfied with 1-2 but I wanted to be damn sure.

        I give people the same warning nowadays. Don’t take that stuff more than once a week.

  • bruhduh
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    Americans be like

    • @[email protected]
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      …but it is amid, not amin, no? Why do americans call it acetaminophen instead of acetamidophen?

      • @JusticeForPorygon
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        Nope it’s amin according to Google.

        I actually thought I spelled it wrong at first. Weird.

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          Nope it’s amin according to Google.

          That’s why I ask. Americans call it “acetaminophen”, but compound doesn’t have amino-group and instead had amido-group.

          IUPAC calls it as what it is: N-(4-Hydroxyphenyl)acetamide

          Source

          EDIT: my guess is that america uses another nomenclature for organic chemistry. As usual. Do they have compound called “freedom eagle guns”? I’m so used to amine meaning specifically R-NH2 and nothing else.

          • @JusticeForPorygon
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            Idk I’m not a chemist. I thought the whole point of scientific standards was that everyone used the same name/units but we don’t even spell meter right in the states.

  • qyron
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    If those bottles are sold as a pair and each has 500 pills, 1000 pills is more than a hospital grade package in my country.

  • @[email protected]
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    “Lol Americans are so funny, they can’t go to a doctor without going homeless, look at these coping mechanisms they use, hilarious”

    • @[email protected]
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      It is funny since they keep voting in ways that make their healthcare worse instead of better so why should we feel pity?

      • @[email protected]
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        I’ve consistently voted towards better healthcare options, for all the good it’s ever done (read: not even a little bit.)

        There are dozens of us, dozens!

    • Phoenixz
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      And they got their propaganda machines to thank for it.

      Namely fox news, Aon, shit like joe Rogan,etc…

    • @Klear
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      Calm down liberals its something called “dork humor” 😎

  • @Maggoty
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    Americans just tell you it’s a slight headache. In reality their back is so screwed up it’s going to require surgery but they can’t afford that and complaining about actual pain is strictly forbidden in American men.

    So we take 200 400 800 1600 Motrin, with some bourbon, and ignore it as best as we can.

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      This is my mother for the last year or so because of rotoscoliosis, a bulging disc, and arthritis in her shoulders.

      She can’t really get any form of treatment because the only insurance she can afford is a high-deductable plan, which means she would have to pretty much pay for the entire treatment out of pocket.

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        The good thing about the HDHPs is the availability to have an HSA.

        HSA money is collected pre-tax. Balances over a certain amount can be invested. But the good thing about it is that it’s yours to keep. Not like an FSA that disappears at the end of a year.

        So she could save up for the deductible for her surgery for her debilitating chronic pain over the course of several years. After she pays thousands in premiums and her employer pays thousands more. Like a good American.

      • @Maggoty
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        I’m so sorry. We really need universal healthcare.

        • @JusticeForPorygon
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          I’m sure we’ll get there next election!

          (Says half of America every 4 years)

          • @Feyr
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            Next election? What next election? Elections are so out of fashion now!

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              I think we’ll still have elections, just like how Russia still has elections.

              SSELECT ONE:

              • Donald J. Trump / James D. Vance

              • No suitable candidate (year in the gulag)

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      But they’ll only recommend the surgery after trying muscle relaxers ten times over the course of a year.

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    Europeans: I’m taking a pill, if it keeps hurting I’m going to the doctor.

    Americans: I’m keeping taking this until I pay the house. It is still hurting, I can refinance the house to see a doctor.

    • @[email protected]
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      Also at least in my country I can call in sick if I have a headache, will be paid for the day and there is no number of paid-time-off-days, which will be subtracted by one when I do so. The employer continues to pay up to 6 weeks of salary if you need to stay at home due to sickness, and for a period longer than 3 days you need a dr to confirm you’re sick. The number of sick days per year depend on you actually being sick - I was baffled when I learned this is a fixed number in the US (at least for some) . I guess the motivation to work sick when you have a limited number of paid sick days also contributes to the usage of pain killers.

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    Two 500mg tablets of acetaminophen please, thank you

    -A Certified American

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    Europeans be like: “I’m just gonna take a half tablet, don’t want to get dependent on this stuff”

    Meanwhile, Americans:

    • @Vinny_93
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      Ngl I ibuprofen does kinda taste good

      • @remer
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        The coating on advil is sweetened. The actual medicine tastes horrible.

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        Don’t be fooled, they put a sugar coating around the OTC stuff. Instant release Adderall on the other hand… that shit tastes pretty good

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        I dunno. When i take the pill ibruprofen its the most sour thing ever. You can literally see the face muscles of someone taking it contracting.

      • Miles O'Brien
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        I wonder if this is also one of those genetic things like cilantro, because ibuprofen tastes nasty as fuck to me. Like “bitter and my tongue wants to cut itself off to stop the taste even after a drink” nasty.

        • @untorquer
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          Just depends on the manufacturer. Unless you’re comparing with different people from the same bottle.

  • @Sam_Bass
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    i had to take 3.2g of ibuprofen for years before i got my gout under control. then like magic, naproxen actually started working for me. now its just 600mg of that for the same effect

  • @untorquer
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    Is it common for ibuprofen to not really help? With physical pain it does nothing for me. It kind of helps with head aches sometimes. I use it maybe a couple times a year, so it’s not tolerance.

    • @jagungal
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      Ibuprofen is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory (NSAID). It will reduce inflammation and the associated pain. If your pain is not caused by inflammation then you should talk to a pharmacist about what the best analgesic is for you.

    • RubberDuck
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      There are several families of painmeds some more harmless than others. Anecdotally I know people that only seem to get relief from ibuprofen, and others that swear only paracetamol (Tylenol) helps, while again others sweat to asperin. Like the other person said… talk to a pharmacist about options, and see if others work for you.

      Some like paracetamol can me taken over the course of a day for multiple days for example post operation… and they build a level that causes them to work even stronger. But paracetamol can cause lover damage if taken too much.

      Like with all drugs, read the darn pamphlet. Opiates are not your friend and should only be taken very sparingly under proper supervision, if at all… sure they dull pain but are highly addictive.

      Source, not a medical professional, so take what I wrote with a grain of salt and consult a professional.

      • ✺roguetrick✺
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        Main benefit for acetaminophen(the American name for paracetamol) is that you can use it on top of an NSAID. That’s something you can’t do with aspirin. It’s good to stagger the dosage for something like a toothache or take both at once for a headache (this is what most OTC migraine medications are, an NSAID[usually aspirin], acetaminophen, and caffeine in one pill).

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        Noones talking about opiates though?

        Can you post a source about acetaminophen building up over time the way you describe? It seems unlikely with such a short half life but I could be wrong.

    • TheEmpireStrikesDak
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      Depends, I guess. It does nothing for period pains with me, but when I burst my ear drum last month, it took the pain from excruciating to manageable.

    • @thedeadwalking4242
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      Tbh I usually take 600 mg instead of the 400mg. That usually gets it going for me

    • ✺roguetrick✺
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      Try taking it with a dose of acetaminophen. Those two have a synergistic effect that is better than either alone and is often used post surgery for that reason.

    • @[email protected]
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      It helps marginally better than placebo for me. Hence why Americans use it for fairly trivial aches and pains.

      I can’t imagine it would do anything for pain I’d consider ‘serious’.

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    It’s always amusing how you can read Dutch with some difficulty by combining German and English.