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It’s interesting that your family member is German. When my wife and I lived there it was quite an adjustment from $10 500 ct bottles of ibuprofen to €1 per dos
by krrrh 5y ago
It’s interesting that your family member is German. When my wife and I lived there it was quite an adjustment from $10 500 ct bottles of ibuprofen to €1 per dose blister packs of 12 that always came with a stern question from the pharmacist, “have you taken this before?”
It seemed like a human rights violation at the time to charge so much for something that is a monthly ritual for women of child-bearing years, but as I’ve paid attention over the years I’ve started to think that they might be on to something.
- thyrsus 5y agoThis article says nothing about the safety of ibuprofen, which has different (generally safer) toxicity than acetaminophen/paracetamol.
- krrrh 5y agoYeah I was responding to the comment about NSAIDS in general not being approvable by today’s FDA.
- sebmellen 5y agoYes! I always find it hilarious to pay so much for allergy tablets or other things of that nature when I'm in Germany. Part of it, I think, is an effort to avoid having tons of pills laying around all the time. To think... There must be thousands of lethal doses of all sorts of medications strewn throughout my neighborhood (in the US). That's a scary thought. Germany is probably a bit different. Also, apologies — I edited my comment for brevity so the information about my family member's nationality no longer appears.
- brnt 5y agoHere in the Netherlands I've never seen or heard of an MD prescribe ibuprofen, always paracetamol. I understand that the risk of kidney damage with ibuprofen is higher than liver damage with paracetamol, but that may be incorrect. I'd be curious to learn if there are reasons to favour one over the other.
- firecall 5y agoIn Australia, it's common for Dr's to advise patients to take Paracetamol with an NSAID and/or Codeine. The paracetamol increases the efficacy of other drugs. Paracetamol on it's own isnt a great pain med for many forms of chronic pain, apparently! Source: I have degenerative disc disease - back pain basically. Have seen a lot of Doctors! :-)
- hnick 5y agoI was told the same, but it was more about rotating them. Since you are meant to wait 4 hours or so, you can pop pills every 2 hours as long as you alternate the types. Assuming you sleep I believe this will keep you at or under the daily dosage limits too.