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Re:The inventor of ibuprofen tested the drug on his own hang... by rr888 on Friday July 22, 2022 @11:14AM (#32192823)
Its amazing how many people eat Ibuprofen like candy. My friend ended up with holes in her stomach, despite the warnings she thought there was little risk (even took Ibuprofen for stomach pain).
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Re:The inventor of ibuprofen tested the drug on his own hang... by jmann99999 on Friday July 22, 2022 @11:19AM (#32192890)
It also increases the risk of stroke and heart attack[0]. After finding that out, I don't take it quite as liberally.

[0]https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/fda-strengthens-warning-...

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Re:The inventor of ibuprofen tested the drug on his own hang... by Aeolun on Friday July 22, 2022 @11:38AM (#32193145)
They really need to quantify this risk. Simply saying it 'increases the risk' is just scaremongering.
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Re:The inventor of ibuprofen tested the drug on his own hang... by samtho on Friday July 22, 2022 @01:03PM (#32194347)
Yep, I think most would agree that traveling by car significantly increases the risk of being in a fatal car accident, yet this does not deter people on a daily basis.

A lot of these “X increases the risk of Y” might be true on the whole, but there are so many variables that are not captured and can very drastically affect individual outcomes.

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Re:The inventor of ibuprofen tested the drug on his own hang... by dbrgn on Friday July 22, 2022 @11:56AM (#32193399)
It's not a surprise if you look at the Ibuprofen packaging used in US supermarkets... There's a picture in the article of such a supermarket aisle. You can buy a 750- or even 1000-pack for a few dollars. WTF, how is it a good idea to sell painkillers in such quantities in supermarkets?

If you sell drugs like candy people will eat it like candy.

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Re:The inventor of ibuprofen tested the drug on his own hang... by mrguyorama on Friday July 22, 2022 @02:37PM (#32195576)
Or, hear me out, they are less than pennies to produce and don't expire, and I can buy that one bottle for basically many years, for multiple people
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Re:The inventor of ibuprofen tested the drug on his own hang... by Spivak on Friday July 22, 2022 @09:47PM (#32199412)
Yep. My grandchildren will inherit my Costco bottles of meds.
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Re:The inventor of ibuprofen tested the drug on his own hang... by valarauko on Friday July 22, 2022 @03:09PM (#32195930)
> If you sell drugs like candy people will eat it like candy.

Even candy shouldn't be eaten like, well, candy.

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Re:The inventor of ibuprofen tested the drug on his own hang... by freeflight on Saturday July 23, 2022 @12:38AM (#32200423)
As a German it's super surreal to me. Ibuprofen are only sold in dedicated pharmacies here, behind the counter, the higher dosages ones even require a prescription from a doctor.

I don't even understand why/how somebody can take/need so many of them in such high dosages. Usually half a 400 mg pill will deal with any headache I occasionally have.

Took higher doses regularly due to problems with my teeth, which had a noticeable bad effect on my stomach. Do people just medicate that away too?

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Re:The inventor of ibuprofen tested the drug on his own hang... by worker_person on Friday July 22, 2022 @11:37AM (#32193128)
She probably has an underlying condition that's not being addressed. Autoimmune is quite common, but could be lots of things. Diet changes are sometimes enough.

Sometimes a massage gun and Bob and Brad youtube channel will fix muscle knots that are the real issues.

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