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Yes, my heuristic for ibuprofen vs. acetaminophen is whether there is swelling involved. Ibuprofen helped me a bit to manage a sore, swollen throat due to COVID
by felideon 4y ago
Yes, my heuristic for ibuprofen vs. acetaminophen is whether there is swelling involved. Ibuprofen helped me a bit to manage a sore, swollen throat due to COVID. (But the corticoids I was prescribed are what really did the trick.)
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- 2143 4y agoCould that be because swelling is an inflammation and ibuprofen is an anti-inflammatory drug ("AID" part of "NSAID"), whereas acetaminophen is not an NSAID? [IANAD]
- felideon 4y agoOf course, but as parent comment suggests, not everyone knows this.
- throwaway821909 4y agoI usually just take both, and even then, I sometimes wonder if they actually do anything or if it's just a mass scale placebo conspiracy.
- chihuahua 4y agoMy personal experience is that ibuprofen has no effect whatsoever in any situation, and acetaminophen quickly brings me back from near death when I have a fever.
- smcameron 4y agoInteresting. My experience is the opposite. Aspirin and Tylenol never seemed to do anything for me, but Ibuprofen will rid me of a headache usually withing about 45 minutes. I still remember thinking the first time I tried it, "holy shit! This actually does something!"