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Re:Xanax and Adderall Access Is Being Blocked by Secret Drug... by sammax on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @04:27AM (#35436694)
What a shitty take. There’s only so much ibuprofen you can take before the risks start outweighing the benefits, and there’s plenty of pain that is much stronger than that.
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Re:Xanax and Adderall Access Is Being Blocked by Secret Drug... by the_mar on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @09:56AM (#35439694)
Actually you can take quite a bit of ibuprofen for a short period of time with no long term problems. You can also take ibuprofen and acetaminophen. It is quite the hot take that narcotic pain meds are safer.

I’m not at all suggesting ibuprofen for pain management of cancer patients or people immediately after major surgery.

But for a big chunk of outpatient procedures enough OTC pain meds will actually work just fine.

I’m not some granola advocate here. Nor am I trying to say that everyone should just tough it out. But you can’t seriously say that 800mg ibuprofen is more dangerous or less effective than opioids for wisdom teeth removal

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