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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...)

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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.

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notmeofcourse people have been known to buy a large bottle of tylenol and whilst in UK tipping out the boring tylenol and replacing with Solpedeine or one of the other parecetemol/codeine products. I would NEVER do that, no NEVER...cause it would be wrong....very, very wrong...... (but it makes the cramps from pmsing a little easier to deal with)


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Originally posted by BrownCoat2007:
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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Originally posted by Eloisa:
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 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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...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 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.

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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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