The whole earth may be sucked into Hell, and you want my help 'cause your girlfriend's a big ho?

Buffy ,'Chosen'


Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


WindSparrow - Oct 24, 2018 5:16:18 am PDT #1073 of 30019
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.

I find naproxen only slightly more effective than Tylenol. Oh, how I miss being able to tolerate ibuprofen; it gives me massive feedback headaches now.


-t - Oct 24, 2018 6:00:41 am PDT #1074 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Naproxen is my go to for the long-lastingness, but for breakout pain that that doesn't touch, I find Tylenol more immediately effective. Once I remember that there are things you can take for pain, which usually takes me a while.


Steph L. - Oct 24, 2018 6:13:53 am PDT #1075 of 30019
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated

I find Tylenol more immediately effective

Lies! They are evil placebos!

Seriously, I think it's interesting how different people respond to different meds. I find that shit fascinating.


Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 24, 2018 6:26:39 am PDT #1076 of 30019
"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

I generally take Naproxen for pain of all types because I have it handy to ward off incoming migraines. Never touch Tylenol these days because it doesn't help avert them, only numbs the pain a bit once they hit (and if I'm going to slowly kill my liver, it's at least going to be with something that leaves me migraine-free).

My doctor told me to take Ibuprofen for tendon and joint pain, but it never seems to occur to me that I can actually do that when there's a bottle handy nearby. Happy to say tendonitis in my ankle has stopped bothering me since I lost some weight though. (The one thing an episode of depression is good for!)


-t - Oct 24, 2018 6:32:05 am PDT #1077 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

See, tendinitis is another thing it never occurs to me that I could take ibuprofin (or anything else) for. I'm just all, well, that hurts a lot, guess I should get used to it.


Calli - Oct 24, 2018 6:38:50 am PDT #1078 of 30019
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

I'm just all, well, that hurts a lot, guess I should get used to it.

Not me. First twinge and I'm reaching for the ibuprofen bottle. Considering how much I downed in my 20s it's amazing I even have kidneys left.


Dana - Oct 24, 2018 7:28:23 am PDT #1079 of 30019
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

Hey, Megyn Kelly has learned that blackface is wrong and she feels really bad and cried about it so the world has been fixed.


Steph L. - Oct 24, 2018 7:29:42 am PDT #1080 of 30019
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated

I just opened an article to edit, and it is, for real, on the use of a restrictive opioid prescribing protocol after OB/GYN and abdominal surgery. Coincidence or spooky shit? You be the judge.


Jesse - Oct 24, 2018 8:17:12 am PDT #1081 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

What percentage of your articles are about opioid protocols at this point? I would imagine more than 10 years ago, at least.

Man, I was just re-reading stuff written by my PITA ex-staff member, and I am SO GLAD she's in law school now! It's got to be the right place for her. So litigious all the time.


Steph L. - Oct 24, 2018 8:28:26 am PDT #1082 of 30019
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated

What percentage of your articles are about opioid protocols at this point? I would imagine more than 10 years ago, at least.

Definitely more than 10 years ago, but still fewer than you might think (just because there's so much other medical stuff getting published, so the percentage is diluted).