Vioxx caused my dad's heart attack. I felt a bit bad about that, because it had really helped my friend's arthritis pain, so I suggested he ask his doctor about trying it.
Book: Yes, I'd forgotten you're moonlighting as a criminal mastermind now. Got your next heist planned? Simon: No. But I'm thinking about growing a big black mustache. I'm a traditionalist.
'War Stories'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Calli - Jan 27, 2011 3:42:35 pm PST #19533 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Amy - Jan 27, 2011 3:43:26 pm PST #19534 of 30001
Because books.
Benadryl makes me stupid sleepy if I take two, but one will usually kill an allergy attack pretty well. I love Sudafed, but I don't even bother to go through the hassle of looking for it anymore.
Ibuprofen, on the other hand, I take pretty much every day. Always every night before bed now, too, because otherwise the joints in my hands are really bad in the morning.
meara - Jan 27, 2011 3:47:40 pm PST #19535 of 30001
My migraine specialist made me stop taking the naproxen sodium. I figured it couldn't hurt, right? He explained that it could totally hurt, so if it wasn't actually stopping hurt, I should stop chowing down.
how odd--mine told me to take it and gave me a scrip for strong ones! Not that they usually do much but I think the concept was they're less likely to cause rebound?
§ ita § - Jan 27, 2011 3:52:06 pm PST #19536 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
He said that since it wasn't having a demonstrable effect all I was doing was risking rebound.
Paul Rudd: "I'm absolutely unbeatable at Scrabble. That's it. That's my power. Able to use a triple word score at any given turn."
I wanna play strip Scrabble with that man. Stat. Someone give him my number.
Lee - Jan 27, 2011 3:53:21 pm PST #19537 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
C: Sudafed
F: Benadryl (don't use it except for Chemo, which I am DONE with, but it was a godsend then)
M: Ibuprofen
Anne W. - Jan 27, 2011 3:55:35 pm PST #19538 of 30001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
I have a severe (i.e. throat swells shut) reaction to naproxen, so it's an automatic C.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 27, 2011 3:57:41 pm PST #19539 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
It's probably different depending on the specifics of the case. Most of the time quick application of naproxin as soon as I notice auras heads off the pain entirely and just leaves me feeling fragile and lightheaded once my vision clears. But ibuprofin and acetamenophen don't touch a migraine for me, even though they're plenty effective against normal aches and pains. (And the former turned out to work better on the pain from my wisdom tooth extractions than prescription oxycodone did.)
Cass - Jan 27, 2011 4:00:03 pm PST #19540 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
I wanna play strip Scrabble with that man.
Con.Cur.
Sue - Jan 27, 2011 4:01:00 pm PST #19541 of 30001
hip deep in pie
Ibuprofen works for me, but I am pretty sure it's responsible for almost 20 years of stomach problems.
aurelia - Jan 27, 2011 4:04:54 pm PST #19542 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Ibuprofen = Vitamin I