Image description: A bottle of Ibuprofen containing 1000 tablets.


(Originally published earlier today on mastodon.social)

  • LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Not everyone is a lonely neck beard. Some folks live with families, and some of those family members might just have to take a daily pill or two daily.

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      9 months ago

      If someone is having to take an Ibuprofen a day, for long enough to make a 1000 pill a worthwhile purchase, they really should be seeing a doctor to actually treat the underlying cause, because you really shouldn’t be constantly taking it long term.

      • ImTryingLemmy@lemmy.world
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        9 months ago

        Doc said I can either pay the copay on 800mg generic Ibuprofen and wait in line at the pharmacy or eat 4 of these. Daily ibuprofen won’t give me a habit and my pain isn’t so bad that I would even want opioid medication.

        It’s way cheaper to buy the 200mg in bulk.

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          I was told by a doctor that Ibuprofen daily at 800mg for more than a week or two can cause stomach ulcers that can be extremely dangerous to your health. Someone close to me took this amount for over a month and had extreme ulcers in her stomach because her idiotic doctor told her to.

          Also, there was a recent study that came out that mentioned taking ibuprofen daily can worsen the pain you’re trying to treat.

      • seathru@lemmy.sdf.org
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        9 months ago

        This is plan B for when the doctor(s) inevitably think you are a liar just looking for pain pills.

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      9 months ago

      Are you suggesting that anyone who doesn’t use up all of their over the counter medications before they expire is a “lonely neckbeard”?

      That seems like a harsh judgement

      • LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.world
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        9 months ago

        No. Just those that only can consider quantities for a single person and bitches mouths off about it online. Those are the neckbeards.

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          9 months ago

          Some of us may have beards on our necks, but I suspect you may have a neckbeard around your heart

          💔

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          9 months ago

          Brother, here you can’t even buy a card with more than 20 tablets or a box with more than 60 (3 cards of 20), and they’ve always worked fine for my family of 5. Should I also mention that my mother suffers of chronic back pain? As usual, 'murican culture is a culture of unnecessary excess.

    • marcos@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      Well, and I guess some people run a hospital on their backyard. I did hear backyards on the US are large.