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I had outpatient surgery about ten years ago. I was to alternate between prescription strength Tylenol and Ibuprofen. It was then that I discovered that Tyleno

by donatj 4y ago

I had outpatient surgery about ten years ago. I was to alternate between prescription strength Tylenol and Ibuprofen. It was then that I discovered that Tylenol seemed to do very little if not nothing at all for me. I would be in horrible pain for the couple hours I'd be on Tylenol and in mild discomfort durring the Ibuprofen's reign. My dad outright refuses to use tylenol because he swears it makes him anxious and angry. I have never encountered this. My wife uses Tylenol regularly and says it works great for her, just as well as other painkillers. I am not a doctor nor a scientist and my sample size is meaningless - yet I suspect it's efficacy varies by person.

freehorse 4y ago
Heh in my case of surgery recovery, only oxycodone worked really, both ibuprofen and paracetamol did almost nothing (and paracetamol more nothing than ibuprofen). Not that I would use opioids in general for pain in whatever context of course. When I had covid, again nothing worked at all. Terrible pain for 2 days, stopped immediately after a vitamin D megadose, whether it was a relationship or not we may never know.
- ubermonkey 4y ago
  Opiates work for me, but I don't tolerate them very well -- I get sweaty and queasy. I had a Norco formulation for my post-surgery recovery this time, but I ended up opting out as soon as I thought it was safe (say, a week) because what seemed to really help was the Tylenol portion, not the opiate portion. I slept much better after that.
rapjr9 4y ago
Some recent research points to Tylenol affecting emotions and making people feel less empathy: https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/news/20180206/do-otc-painkillers-alter-emotions-reasoning https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/news/20180206/do-otc-pai... https://www.healthline.com/health-news/do-painkillers-make-you-less-empathic https://www.healthline.com/health-news/do-painkillers-make-y... Apparently it can make men more sensitive to emotionally painful experiences and women less sensitive to them.

by donatj 4y ago

freehorse 4y ago

Heh in my case of surgery recovery, only oxycodone worked really, both ibuprofen and paracetamol did almost nothing (and paracetamol more nothing than ibuprofen). Not that I would use opioids in general for pain in whatever context of course. When I had covid, again nothing worked at all. Terrible pain for 2 days, stopped immediately after a vitamin D megadose, whether it was a relationship or not we may never know.

ubermonkey 4y ago
Opiates work for me, but I don't tolerate them very well -- I get sweaty and queasy. I had a Norco formulation for my post-surgery recovery this time, but I ended up opting out as soon as I thought it was safe (say, a week) because what seemed to really help was the Tylenol portion, not the opiate portion. I slept much better after that.

rapjr9 4y ago

Some recent research points to Tylenol affecting emotions and making people feel less empathy: https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/news/20180206/do-otc-painkillers-alter-emotions-reasoning https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/news/20180206/do-otc-pai... https://www.healthline.com/health-news/do-painkillers-make-you-less-empathic https://www.healthline.com/health-news/do-painkillers-make-y... Apparently it can make men more sensitive to emotionally painful experiences and women less sensitive to them.