tiggy, it doesn't sound like you take a lot of excedrin, though. The amount you take -- unless you wash it down with a keg o'beer -- isn't enough to damage your liver. It's just high levels of acetaminophen, or combining acetaminophen with alcohol, that can whammy the liver.
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Ibuprofen is supposed to attack the kidneys, right? That's what M was told when he donated one of his, so he only takes Tylenol (and rarely, at that).
I am unsurprised by the rebound headaches (and pain) that go on when I stop my Advil - same thing happens when I go off of caffeine. I just try to go cold-turkey every 4 months or so (off of Advil - go ahead and try to pry my morning coffee out of my cranky, sleepy fingers - I will cut you. Sleepily).
oh no, i'd been taking acetaminophen before the ibuprofen in much the same way. 4 pills about 3 times a day. switched to ibuprofen when i heard the news about acetaminophen. then the doc told me (wrong!) information about ibuprofen, which led to me trying excedrin.
Yeah, I was told that if I have to use an OTC for a headache (mind you, this is just b/c of migraines, not for other random pains) to use naproxen (Aleve).
I actually think what gives me a headache most of the time is going between the laptop screen and the tv screen for hours on end. So I could maybe not do that, too.
oh no, i'd been taking acetaminophen before the ibuprofen in much the same way.
Yeah, but *now* -- didn't you say that the way you take excedrin is 1 or 2 for a headache, and then if you need it, 1 or 2 more after about 4 hours? That's totally okay.
Aleve was like taking a placebo for me. no help whatsoever. seems to work for a lot of people though.
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I actually think what gives me a headache most of the time is going between the laptop screen and the tv screen for hours on end. So I could maybe not do that, too.
That's CRAXY talk.
didn't you say that the way you take excedrin is 1 or 2 for a headache, and then if you need it, 1 or 2 more after about 4 hours?
yep! i *heart* excedrin.