Hi. American here with atypical trigeminal neuralgia.
I don't even bother with analgesics for anything at this point. You hit 10 on the pain scale enough times and anything below 6 you mostly shrug off.
Unless I stub my toe. That shit hurts like a motherfucker.
I agree with the sentiment but are 200mg common where you live? Here in Germany I always get 400mg packs.
Yes, 100 mg being the standard, 200 mg "strong" ones and 400 mg "we have a good price on these, look how strong they are" said by a visibly excited pharmacy lady. Just behind your eastern border.
I'm kinda in this meme. I went through one of those big bottles roughly every 1-2 months for 20 years. Sometimes 12 pills in one day, with 4-8 acetaminophen on top (they do giant double packs of those too). Chronic migraines, but every doctor I asked for help just told me to lose weight so it went untreated and got worse and worse. Our health care suuuucks.
I did lose the weight. It didn't magically fix my migraines, or affect them at all. Insurance dicked me around for another year and a half while my neurologist tried to help every way she could, but we finally got it down to only one migraine a week. I'm truly glad for that, but I still think about the years of unnecessary suffering, and how much better it might be now if I'd been treated sooner.
You know what sucks as well? Taking too many painkillers against headaches actually causes headaches. Horrible ones at that. Glad to read that you're feeling better, but that's a real trap many people out there are stuck in.
Yup, it was the first thing we checked when I actually got treatment. I'm sure that didn't help, but compared to the pain of the migraines it was negligible. Having to refrain from pain meds for a while to make sure was a hell of a ride though. I lasted about three months. The doctor was satisfied with 1-2 but I wanted to be damn sure.
I give people the same warning nowadays. Don't take that stuff more than once a week.
Holy shit, how did you not die from stomach ulcers?
Prilosec presumably
Damn, got it in one
Americans be like
The pills will ease the Payne.
"Lol Americans are so funny, they can't go to a doctor without going homeless, look at these coping mechanisms they use, hilarious"
Still better off than the people in the countries you coup to install dictators.
I coup?
It is funny since they keep voting in ways that make their healthcare worse instead of better so why should we feel pity?
I've consistently voted towards better healthcare options, for all the good it's ever done (read: not even a little bit.)
There are dozens of us, dozens!
It's not all of us ☹️
Yeah, it's pretty funny considering how absurd it is.
And they got their propaganda machines to thank for it.
Namely fox news, Aon, shit like joe Rogan,etc..
Europeans: I'm taking a pill, if it keeps hurting I'm going to the doctor.
Americans: I'm keeping taking this until I pay the house. It is still hurting, I can refinance the house to see a doctor.
Americans just tell you it's a slight headache. In reality their back is so screwed up it's going to require surgery but they can't afford that and complaining about actual pain is strictly forbidden in American men.
So we take ~~200~~ ~~400~~ ~~800~~ 1600 Motrin, with some bourbon, and ignore it as best as we can.
Europeans be like: "I'm just gonna take a half tablet, don't want to get dependent on this stuff"
Meanwhile, Americans:
If those bottles are sold as a pair and each has 500 pills, 1000 pills is more than a hospital grade package in my country.
Two 500mg tablets of acetaminophen please, thank you
-A Certified American
It's always amusing how you can read Dutch with some difficulty by combining German and English.
Don't know about Ibuprofen, but Paracetamol overdose is horrible, agonizing death.
My girlfriend always makes fun that in Germany chamomile tea is the go to painkiller and only if that doesn't help the pills come out. It was one of her strongest culture-shocks she didn't anticipate before coming to Europe
The pain of drinking chamomile tea does have a masking effect.
Is it common for ibuprofen to not really help? With physical pain it does nothing for me. It kind of helps with head aches sometimes. I use it maybe a couple times a year, so it's not tolerance.
Ibuprofen is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory (NSAID). It will reduce inflammation and the associated pain. If your pain is not caused by inflammation then you should talk to a pharmacist about what the best analgesic is for you.
There are several families of painmeds some more harmless than others. Anecdotally I know people that only seem to get relief from ibuprofen, and others that swear only paracetamol (Tylenol) helps, while again others sweat to asperin. Like the other person said.. talk to a pharmacist about options, and see if others work for you.
Some like paracetamol can me taken over the course of a day for multiple days for example post operation.. and they build a level that causes them to work even stronger. But paracetamol can cause lover damage if taken too much.
Like with all drugs, read the darn pamphlet. Opiates are not your friend and should only be taken very sparingly under proper supervision, if at all.. sure they dull pain but are highly addictive.
Source, not a medical professional, so take what I wrote with a grain of salt and consult a professional.
Is this a serious thing? It seems so normal here in the states.
Yes, it's a thing. The idea behind it is that you don't want to become dependent on the pills to the point that they have less effect or that you feel worse without them. Sincerely, a Dutch non-techno non-DJ.
Also it can cause or amplify a lot of stomach issues
Regular use also fucks up your organs. Paracetamol (Tylenol) kills your liver, and ibuprofen kills your kidneys.
Also often the pain is telling you that something is wrong - you wouldn't treat a broken ankle with strong painkillers and continue walking as if nothing was wrong just because it doesn't hurt anymore - would you?
Painkillers should make the pain bearable so you can still listen to your body and not take away the pain completely
To be fair we also have it much easier with our healthcare that doesn't know the concept of sick-days. When you're sick you just don't go to work and your healthcare pays half your salary while your employer continues paying the other half.
So we can actually afford to stay home in bed and let our bodies do the work while we rest.
I'm Dutch and I only take paracetamol when I cannot sleep or function due to pain/illness. I've never taken something stronger like Ibuprofen in my life. When I'm ill I usually just lie in bed and wait for it to blow over
People actually do that? I only take a few painkillers when I'm on my period.
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