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A comment on The Mystery in the Medicine Cabinet: Acetaminophen, ibuprofen, and what to know. Parent comment

Re:The Mystery in the Medicine Cabinet: Acetaminophen, ibupr... by theptip on Wednesday April 22, 2026 @11:30AM (#47865049)
> if I needed a painkiller, I’d try to take ibuprofen rather than acetaminophen. My logic was that if eight grams of acetaminophen could kill my liver, then one gram was probably still hard on it.

This article is explicitly considering usage as painkiller.

You can’t use Tylenol as an anti-inflammatory so it’s meaningless to compare them for that distinction usage.

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Re:The Mystery in the Medicine Cabinet: Acetaminophen, ibupr... by pikminguy on Wednesday April 22, 2026 @11:59AM (#47865515)
If you need a painkiller it's worth considering the source of pain you are trying to kill. This is an article with a chart considering 11 different situations you might be in and which pill is better for each. A 12th line for "there is also some swelling in the part of you that hurts" would make sense to me.
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