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Re:FDA Approving Drugs at Breakneck Speed, Raising Alarm by selectodude on Saturday December 07, 2019 @12:01PM (#21731250)
Yes, you combine 500mg of acetaminophen and 150mg of ibuprofen. Ibuprofen only comes in 200mg pills, so if you want to be really spot on, take the liquid stuff for kids.
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Re:FDA Approving Drugs at Breakneck Speed, Raising Alarm by StuffedParrot on Saturday December 07, 2019 @12:40PM (#21731475)
That seems pretty high for acetaminophen and low (proportionally) for ibuprofen. Why would you prescribe that?
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Re:FDA Approving Drugs at Breakneck Speed, Raising Alarm by selectodude on Saturday December 07, 2019 @01:33PM (#21731778)
I wouldn't. I take naproxen. That's just whats in the drug if you don't want to wait for the FDA to approve a pill that combines the two.
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Re:FDA Approving Drugs at Breakneck Speed, Raising Alarm by iudqnolq on Saturday December 07, 2019 @01:07PM (#21731632)
500mg is the max for ace a doctor is recommended to proscribe (on it's own). 150 is well below the max for ibu. Also I think you may have mixed up the grandparent commentator that stated they were a doctor and the parent that may be a doctor but hasn't made that claim here.
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Re:FDA Approving Drugs at Breakneck Speed, Raising Alarm by GoodOldNe on Saturday December 07, 2019 @02:54PM (#21732208)
Am doctor. Routinely prescribe 1000 mg of Acetaminophen.
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Re:FDA Approving Drugs at Breakneck Speed, Raising Alarm by iudqnolq on Saturday December 07, 2019 @02:58PM (#21732231)
Thanks for pointing out that I'm wrong. I googled more and realized the numbers I cited were completely wrong.
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Re:FDA Approving Drugs at Breakneck Speed, Raising Alarm by connicpu on Saturday December 07, 2019 @06:00PM (#21733185)
500mg is normal for a single extra-strength pill of acetaminophen
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Re:FDA Approving Drugs at Breakneck Speed, Raising Alarm by StuffedParrot on Thursday December 12, 2019 @11:00AM (#21772935)
200mg is normal for ibuprofen, and prescriptions for 800mg versions are not unusual.

Meanwhile 500mg is, I believe, more than they combine with opiates and acetaminophen does lead to death via organ failure on the order of hundreds of people a year. I was curious why they weighted the acetaminophen proportionally so much higher than the ibuprofen.

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