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Here in Sweden, a carton of 10 × 500 mg is the most you can find without a subscription. (Boxes of twice that amount is supposed to exists but I've never seen i

Here in Sweden, a carton of 10 × 500 mg is the most you can find without a subscription. (Boxes of twice that amount is supposed to exists but I've never seen it) Two years ago, I was prescribed the maximum dosage: 2 × 500 mg every six hours for a couple of months. Because it wears off more quickly than that, I tried to reduce it to one and a half pill more often but that wasn't enough to have any effect. Caffeine is supposed to reinforce the effect, but of course I had to avoid that to sleep. I also got it as intravenous liquid at a time when I couldn't swallow.

masklinn 1y ago
> Here in Sweden, a carton of 10 × 500 mg is the most you can find without a subscription. (Boxes of twice that amount is supposed to exists but I've never seen it) That ain't much, I don't think I've seen boxes with that little around here. Normal packaging is 30~40, and you can get larger boxes, all without a script. Are the boxes that small because sweden tends to use an other analgesic as primary culturally e.g. aspirin or ibuprofen and paracetamol is for more exceptional situations? > Caffeine is supposed to reinforce the effect, but of course I had to avoid that to sleep. If the goal was pain relief, you can combine ibuprofen and paracetamol. They can be staggered or taken together (in which case there's less duration coverage but some evidence that the combination works better than either separately).
- cess11 1y ago
  Ibuprofen, naproxen and acetylsalicylic acid are also common. I prefer acetaminophen due to the main metabolite being a reuptake inhibitor of CB-active transmitters and I don't drink. I take maybe two-four grams per year, so your 40-pill box would last for a decade.
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- Findecanor 1y ago
  > Are the boxes that small because sweden tends to use an other analgesic as primary culturally e.g. aspirin or ibuprofen and paracetamol is for more exceptional situations? No, I'd say paracetamol is the most common. I think there was an increase in teenagers that tried to overdose on it to commit suicide some years ago. You could easily get 1000mg pills before that.
- Ey7NFZ3P0nzAe 1y ago
  There are almost no situations were taking the recommended dosage of acetaminophen is harmful. It's either useless (won't help for a skin rash for example) or has positive effects. There absolutely ARE situations where ibuprofen should not be used (kidney, infections, others), even at the usual dosage. Hence I believe that it's a terrible idea to write on the internet "they can be staggered or taken together" as if they had a simimar safety profile
Ey7NFZ3P0nzAe 1y ago
FYI in france no box is allowed to contain more than 1g. And in theory pharmacist should not accept selling more than 1 box, they tend to do though. Can't put a source but I had lessons explaining that the US had insane rates of tylenol suicide, and that are apparently correlated with the size of boxes sold otc. Years ago many countries including france put a limit on the quantities sold at once and the suicides plummeted. The US didn't because of lobbies or something. So sad and obvious.

masklinn 1y ago

> Here in Sweden, a carton of 10 × 500 mg is the most you can find without a subscription. (Boxes of twice that amount is supposed to exists but I've never seen it) That ain't much, I don't think I've seen boxes with that little around here. Normal packaging is 30~40, and you can get larger boxes, all without a script. Are the boxes that small because sweden tends to use an other analgesic as primary culturally e.g. aspirin or ibuprofen and paracetamol is for more exceptional situations? > Caffeine is supposed to reinforce the effect, but of course I had to avoid that to sleep. If the goal was pain relief, you can combine ibuprofen and paracetamol. They can be staggered or taken together (in which case there's less duration coverage but some evidence that the combination works better than either separately).

cess11 1y ago
Ibuprofen, naproxen and acetylsalicylic acid are also common. I prefer acetaminophen due to the main metabolite being a reuptake inhibitor of CB-active transmitters and I don't drink. I take maybe two-four grams per year, so your 40-pill box would last for a decade.
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Findecanor 1y ago
> Are the boxes that small because sweden tends to use an other analgesic as primary culturally e.g. aspirin or ibuprofen and paracetamol is for more exceptional situations? No, I'd say paracetamol is the most common. I think there was an increase in teenagers that tried to overdose on it to commit suicide some years ago. You could easily get 1000mg pills before that.
Ey7NFZ3P0nzAe 1y ago
There are almost no situations were taking the recommended dosage of acetaminophen is harmful. It's either useless (won't help for a skin rash for example) or has positive effects. There absolutely ARE situations where ibuprofen should not be used (kidney, infections, others), even at the usual dosage. Hence I believe that it's a terrible idea to write on the internet "they can be staggered or taken together" as if they had a simimar safety profile

Ey7NFZ3P0nzAe 1y ago

FYI in france no box is allowed to contain more than 1g. And in theory pharmacist should not accept selling more than 1 box, they tend to do though. Can't put a source but I had lessons explaining that the US had insane rates of tylenol suicide, and that are apparently correlated with the size of boxes sold otc. Years ago many countries including france put a limit on the quantities sold at once and the suicides plummeted. The US didn't because of lobbies or something. So sad and obvious.