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Try dealing with a herniated disc, more ibu is definitely better. Too little wont do anything, proper dose and you feel healed

e40 6mo ago
Spine issues are the single thing that pish me to ibuprofen or naproxen over acetaminophen. The latter does nothing for my issues.
- wouldbecouldbe 6mo ago
  yeah, its the inflammation going down that reliefs the nerve. Took me 3 months, out of 2 i wasn't able to sit. Luckily I could walk and that give me great relief. So walked for hours. Keeping the habit, will mostly being coding from my phone & walking from now on.
  - e40 6mo ago
    Really nice you found a workaround. I am constantly trying different ways to alleviate my pain without drugs.
- SirMaster 6mo ago
  Anecdotally: ibuprofen, methylprednisolone, epidural lumbar steroid injection all did little to nothing for my herniated disc nerve pain. Acetaminophen worked wonders, even better than an opioid.
shankr 6mo ago
Yeah can confirm. I try to keep it low but then pain lingers for days and cumulatively over the days most probably I took as much as I should have taken in stating few days already.
- wouldbecouldbe 6mo ago
  yeah tried to reserve ibu for sleep and during the day walking as much as possible. I know not everyone feels better while walking, luckily I did.
  - shankr 6mo ago
    No, moving definitely works. I can almost predict when my sciatica pain will be coming - usually when I work long hours sitting and don't do enough movement. I struggle to be more active than just going to the gym. I think we - those who suffer from herniated disc and sciatica, need to move much more than those who don't.
    - wouldbecouldbe 6mo ago
      desk treadmill really helped me
SirMaster 6mo ago
I had a herniated disc and severe nerve pain. I took 16 ibuprofen a day, 4 200mg pills every 6 hours, it did nothing that I could tell. I also used a methylprednisolone dose pack, also didn't seem to help. I also tried prescribed opioid (tramadol), didn't seem to help much. Acetaminophen worked far, far better than all these. It worked so well, but i wanted to be careful to limit myself to 3000mg a day, so I took 1 500mg pill every 4 hours for a few days while awaiting surgery. It's the only thing that got me through it. Even a epidural lumbar steroid injection didn't help...

e40 6mo ago

Spine issues are the single thing that pish me to ibuprofen or naproxen over acetaminophen. The latter does nothing for my issues.

wouldbecouldbe 6mo ago
yeah, its the inflammation going down that reliefs the nerve. Took me 3 months, out of 2 i wasn't able to sit. Luckily I could walk and that give me great relief. So walked for hours. Keeping the habit, will mostly being coding from my phone & walking from now on.
- e40 6mo ago
  Really nice you found a workaround. I am constantly trying different ways to alleviate my pain without drugs.
SirMaster 6mo ago
Anecdotally: ibuprofen, methylprednisolone, epidural lumbar steroid injection all did little to nothing for my herniated disc nerve pain. Acetaminophen worked wonders, even better than an opioid.

shankr 6mo ago

Yeah can confirm. I try to keep it low but then pain lingers for days and cumulatively over the days most probably I took as much as I should have taken in stating few days already.

wouldbecouldbe 6mo ago
yeah tried to reserve ibu for sleep and during the day walking as much as possible. I know not everyone feels better while walking, luckily I did.
- shankr 6mo ago
  No, moving definitely works. I can almost predict when my sciatica pain will be coming - usually when I work long hours sitting and don't do enough movement. I struggle to be more active than just going to the gym. I think we - those who suffer from herniated disc and sciatica, need to move much more than those who don't.
  - wouldbecouldbe 6mo ago
    desk treadmill really helped me

SirMaster 6mo ago

I had a herniated disc and severe nerve pain. I took 16 ibuprofen a day, 4 200mg pills every 6 hours, it did nothing that I could tell. I also used a methylprednisolone dose pack, also didn't seem to help. I also tried prescribed opioid (tramadol), didn't seem to help much. Acetaminophen worked far, far better than all these. It worked so well, but i wanted to be careful to limit myself to 3000mg a day, so I took 1 500mg pill every 4 hours for a few days while awaiting surgery. It's the only thing that got me through it. Even a epidural lumbar steroid injection didn't help...