[immtbiker]

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Originally Posted by Shizelbs Because, as I said earlier, the choice in one's pain medication, or another other, is a very person-specific process. In my experience, people who posts comments and particularly advice about what medications to take, know absolutely nothing to at most very little about what they are saying. My concern is that people will get bad advice and end up getting hurt. Thats all.

I understand where you are coming from, but if we were worried about getting bad advice, and getting hurt, the same could be for electronics, and people with spending problems could easily go way over their heads and put themselves in serious debt.
It is a discussion forum, and since it doesn't have anything to do with politics or religion, or inflammatory (pun intended) remarks, or sexual inuendos, that would offend someone, anyone who feels that this could hurt them, should steer clear. Otherwise, you could say the same about most advice-giving discussion groups.
I see that you don't want anyone hurt, but it is OTC drugs, that are available to anyone.
If the thread gets out of hand or, if it gets into illegal drug talk, I'll shut it...but for now it's headed in a steady direction.

 

[jpr703]

Orudis KT for me. Seems to have a little more punch than the others. I'm not sure how different it is from Ibuprofin, but it seems to work a little better for me.

 

[PinkFloyd]

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Originally Posted by Shizelbs I If you need a good pain reliever, ask your physician or pharmacist. Don't discuss it on the internet.

I'm talking "over the counter" painkillers mate......... if I wanted heavy pain killers I certainly would "ask" my doctor for some...... this thread poses the question "The best over the counter painkiller?" It's not intended as a medical reference point I just want to know peoples opinions with regard to over the counter painkillers.

IMO aspirin and Ibuprofen are great for toothache (if taken in conjunction) the aspirin kills the pain and the ibuprofen deals with the inflammation (in cases of mild toothache)

I'm on some crazy prescribed pain killers ATM and am downing them like peanuts along with alcohol and they are not "killing" the pain..... the only "drug" that seems to give me a bit of relief is the humble over the counter "aspirin".......... at the end of the day, your basic over the counter "aspirin" is probably what the doctor should be prescribing.

Pinkie.

 

[redshifter]

be careful, naproxen causes baldness.
http://www.stophairlossnow.co.uk/ReasonsForHairLoss.htm

 

[PinkFloyd]

I'd gladly go bald if the pain went away

EDiT: **** I'm already bald

 

[redshifter]

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Originally Posted by PinkFloyd I'd gladly go bald if the pain went away EDiT: **** I'm already bald

lol!

did you just look in the mirror and go, "awwww crap!"

 

[Big D]

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Originally Posted by PinkFloyd IMO aspirin and Ibuprofen are great for toothache (if taken in conjunction) the aspirin kills the pain and the ibuprofen deals with the inflammation (in cases of mild toothache)

I would be VERY careful with this combination. Most doctors would think twice about prescribing ibuprofen with aspirin, even if the aspirin is low dose to reduce the risk of heart attack or stroke, e.g. 75-150mg once a day. Someone using 600mg of aspirin three times daily, plus the 400mg three times daily of ibuprofen is at exceptionally high risk of bleeding due to platelet dysfunction - particularly gastric ulceration. If I can find it I'll post the link to the paper.

From Bandolier's Little Book Of Pain - an evidence based review of clinical trials into pain management: (all these are for acute pain) NNT = number needed to treat. Think of this as the number of patients that need to receive the drug for 1 to gain benefit. So if a drug has a NNT of 4 then 4 patients need to be treated for 1 to gain benefit - therefore 3 get no benefit.

Aspirin 600mg three times daily - NNT=4.4
Ibuprofen 400mg three times daily - NNT=2.4
Ibuprofen 600mg three times daily - NNT=2.4
Paracetamol 1g four times daily - NNT=3.8

This would suggest the "best" over the counter drug for a patient with no contra-indications would be ibuprofen 400mg tds, as 600mg doesn't reduce the NNT. This is followed by paracetamol, then aspirin, but as I pointed out earlier it is more important which drug works for you.

 

[nickyboyo]

Lol, yeah baby, you got to love the "in your face" viagra plug. It's bad enough the amount of spamming these outfits do, now they have invaded the sleepy hollow of head-fi.

Best painkillers i have found in Aus: Chemists Own Painkiller and Dolased- the dola's are very good. I do like a bit of codeine in my painkillers, just to add a little spice to the mix- and the day

 

[Maxvla]

Hey at least he posted on topic!

Ibuprofen for general stuff for me, Excedrin for headaches (though probably placebo effect). I have a small stash of Darvocet from a prior surgery if I really hurt myself kicking a table or something. It's an opiod so I try not to use it.

 

[PuffyElvis]

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Originally Posted by KYTGuy /img/forum/go_quote.gif Amongst rational adults of reasonable intelligence, an occaisional warning/reminder is more than sufficient.... With chronic abusers, there is/will be NO AMOUNT of effective warnings or control... Looks like this thread has it about right WRT warnings, IMHO...

x2

 

[krmathis]

Works every time...

 

[jonathanjong]

Ibuprofen for me. Plus, I have a bag of codeine, just in case...

 

[beerguy0]

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Originally Posted by redshifter /img/forum/go_quote.gif advil liquigels.

x2. I live on those things, it seems like. Alleve works well also, but too many stomach problems.