wait americans can just. buy massive bottles of ibuprofen what the fuck
ONE THOUSAND TABLETS. ONE THOUSAND OF THEM??? im jealous we only get like 16
when you’re on here like ‘mmm yummy five ibuprofen make headache go away’ you’re not struggling with little packets you’re just straight chugging that shit what the fuck
i imagine its compensation for not actually having healthcare
I mean this is kinda literally true.
It's what people take for their RSIs they get from working two jobs that wear their bodies down, and insurance won't pay for much if any physical therapy, which can't stop you from getting another injury anyway, and doctors hate prescribing other shit that works better because everyone's apparently an addict-in-waiting.
It's what people take for blazing headaches your doctor refuses to take seriously, or doesn't want to medicate. Or for other pain they can't find a reason for and thus verify, so they don't want to give you anything else that works.
It's what you take for the tooth pain until you either save the money for the dentist or it breaks enough to become an emergency which is SOMETIMES covered by medical insurance that doesn't otherwise offer dental.
It's what you take when you just feel like nonspecific shit, and it helps, either because placebo effect, or because the constant stress of living a shit life elevates your cortisol to batshit levels and ibuprofen brings the inflammation down just a bit. Or maybe it stops some sort of pain you're so used to you don't really notice it. You can't tell anymore.
But you can buy 1000 ibuprofen and it will last you and your partner over a year, which is a lot cheaper than any other remedy, and getting a shitton makes life easier because you aren't having to buy more every ten minutes.
Congrats, if you live in the USA, Dr. Ibuprofen is one of your first line medical professionals. And damn if she ain't better than any of the others you can afford.
Uhh IDK how to tell you this but Jesus Christ no, they aren't 10 mg, that's ANT PISS. I have a bottle of 200 mg by my bed and another huge bottle in the living room, and you take them two at a time if it's kinda-sorta bad (old tendon injury you couldn't afford to have fixed so it's fucked for the rest of your life is acting up and you need to bring the inflammation down so you can walk for six or eight hours) and four at a time if the doctor says so (day after surgery, major dental, or you need a hammer dose to knock some pain back before maintenance dosing) and we like it that way because we can hardly get other meds without dogfighting for it. Yeah, you only do this a couple or maybe three times a day for as short a stint as you can tolerate, but it's way more than 10 mg LMAO. That wouldn't help a cat scratch.
Like you don't wanna do this for a long time, but also, sometimes your physical therapy ran out and you don't have a choice until next year's six to ten appointments kick in.
EDIT:
Wal Mart. $15.
We aren't going to live long enough to get kidney disease. The heart disease and diabetes from constant stress are gonna get us first, if COVID, long COVID, or self destruction don't. We don't know what kidneys are or do anyway, our science education is shit. They get stones. That's what we know.
Sorry to be dark, I'm mostly joking. But really. The answer is either No, or We Don't Care.
my NSAID of choice is actually naproxen. Back when my chronic pain was first becoming a thing and I didn't know how to manage flare ups, I ended up on Ibuprofen for so long (two or three years doing a maintenance dose near daily) that I gave have myself a sensitivity to it which resulted in a huge rash over my legs that wouldn't heal. Now I can't take it for more than a couple days without breaking into hives.
Switched over to naproxen; it's harsher, but stronger, and I figure out my body's tells. Now, if I feel a flare up coming, I can take a hammer dose (500 mg) lay down flat with a heat pad for a few hours then follow up up with a maintenance dose of naproxen 12 hours later, and if I'm quick enough, that will knock most off the worst symptoms before they escalate. I can go months between needing to medicate. Actually I think, I'm coming up on a year since my last major flare up?
But yeah, OTC NSAIDs are what keep this country running.
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Uh oh
No, but this is actually crazy in the most dystopian sense.
this is the email btw
what the fuck
