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The most "European mind cannot comprehend this" thing around
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Image description: A bottle of Ibuprofen containing 1000 tablets.
(Originally published earlier today on mastodon.social)
Please do not overdose on Ibuprofen. It’ll take a week and it’s going to hurt 9/10 the whole time.
Or longer. My aunt was diagnosed with failing kidneys, but the doc’s were having difficulty understanding why. She’d never had a problem with diabetes or the usual causes. Then she explained how she’d been covering up her back pain for years using pain meds.
Now she’s having dialysis sessions a couple times a week. Doc gives her a few more years of this, unless some miracle occurs and she finds a replacement kidney. Miserable way to go.
What kind of doses was she taking?
Ask her, and she’d shrug. Whatever was enough to make the pain go away. She’d had back problems for years, too. It’s gotta add up over time.
Damn. That sucks. I’m taking it as a cautionary tale as I have a tendency to take more ibuprofen than I should. Thanks for sharing
That sounds more like a paracetamol O/D. NSAIDs hit your stomach something harsh.
At least you won’t have a headache