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What's 'regular?' I use ibprufen exclusively, without stomach issues. But not daily. I probably take it once per week on average. Usually when lacking caffein

• oxide 9y ago
  >But not daily. I probably take it once per week on average. My grandmother shits and pukes blood if she takes NSAIDs of any kind, from long-term, daily misuse. I'm not exaggerating even a little bit, I wish I was. A direct result of being denied access to proper pain relief, mind you, mainly because she lived her entire life without health insurance. Until she turned 65 and qualified for Medicare last year. I had to take every NSAID out of the house, and throw them away, because every time she ran out of opiates for pain relief she'd over-compensate with a handful of NSAIDs which resulted in some scary events, including coffee ground bowel movements which were in fact blood from her stomach. As well as constant vomiting, etc. My grandfather is similarly damaged from being recklessly over-prescribed NSAIDs, namely 800mg ibuprofen up to 8 times per day, resulting in shitting and puking up blood. He can't have more than an 81mg aspirin now. /anecdotal evidence
  • taneq 9y ago
    After surgery I was prescribed an NSAID called Naproxen. It's apparently much easier on the stomach than Ibuprofen, but has a very slightly higher chance of causing a heart attack or stroke. I think this is one of those situations where they'd rather a thousand people be miserable and wreck their stomachs than one person drop dead and cause a lawsuit.
  • maccard 9y ago
    Add me to the anecdotal evidence there. A regular dose of ibuprofen and I can't eat and I throw up blood for a day..
    • thescriptkiddie 9y ago
      Are you taking it with food? Because ibuprofen absolutely will cause GI bleeding if you take it without food, and yet most of the time there is no label on the bottle to warn you about this.
    • biofox 9y ago
      Same here. I had an acute bleed from using NSAIDs, lost consciousness and came within an inch of dying. I now get extremely emotional when I see articles or comments recommending them without any disclaimer. There's a dangerous misconception that they are harmless (or even health promoting) if used at low / moderate doses.
• gilbetron 9y ago
  In the peak of my "strenuous exercise" and "age" graph, I was taking about 12 advil a day, with Zantac. Eventually that, combined with a bit too much drinking (0-3 drinks a day), culminated in a messed up stomach. But I easily can go 2-4 advil a day without a problem. I avoid it, these days, and typically take 1 or 2 every day or two. In the military, "Vitamin M" (800mg of motrin/ibuprofen, about 4 advil) used to be heavily given for about anything multiple times per day!
  • copperx 9y ago
    That's a bit scary. Chronic use of NSAIDs has been associated with kidney cancer, and if that doesn't scare you, erectile dysfunction may, if you're a man. I'd go with Tylenol instead (carefully), although that has pretty serious liver risks too.
    • gilbetron 9y ago
      I've stopped taking either unless I have a strong reason. No more chronic use at all - yoga does more for pain relief long term, and I stopped playing soccer, and limit myself to lower impact sports. I'm sore enough after exercising without some 20 year asshole laying me out on the field ;)
• maccard 9y ago
  I had some back problems and was reliant on ibuprofen for a few years. By the time I stopped taking them, I had to choose between back pain/ not being able to walk, or throwing up blood and not being able to eat.