Comment by apatheticonion

11 hours ago

Really? I get headaches semi-frequently and my first line of defense is ibuprofen, I use acetaminophen sporadically as a last resort

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dncornholio  7 hours ago

Why? Does ibuprofen work better? It's bad for your stomach walls.

  • amalcon  2 hours ago

    For inflammatory pain (most headaches, most pain from injuries), ibuprofen absolutely works better. For migraines, neither works at all on its own -- though ibuprofen plus caffeine (I generally drink tea) does a little. For overexertion aches and cramps, or fevers, I think either is generally fine.

    • SirMaster  1 hour ago

      >For inflammatory pain (most headaches, most pain from injuries), ibuprofen absolutely works better.

      Unfortunately, for me ibuprofen doesn't seme to help at all with any of these. Like I understand that my pain are often inflammatory based, and i try ibuprofen, but the pain doesn't dull at all even if I take 800mg etc...

      I take 1000mg acetaminophen and boom my pain is vastly reduced...

  • SkyeCA  4 hours ago

    > Does ibuprofen work better?

    In my experience it works far better at managing headaches/migraines.

  • pixl97  3 hours ago

    There seems to be some percentage of people that acetaminophen seems to do very little for. Ibuprofen has a much more pronounced effect, to the point that I take it at half it's recommended dosage.

sfn42  10 hours ago

I take both. 500-1000mg acetaminophen, 200-400mg ibuprofen. Usually helps for headaches which I get frequently. I only take them for the worst headaches though, so probably once every couple of weeks on average.