Aug 23, 2019

Announcer: "Health Hacks" with Dr. Troy Madsen on The Scope.

Dr. Madsen: Today's health hack is fugitive the side furnishings from Ibuprofen while still getting the maximum effect from the medication. And then, if you lot've ever taken Ibuprofen, you lot've probably heard take 600 milligrams or 3 of the regular strength over-the-counter Ibuprofen, accept information technology every 4 to 6 hours. Well, you're probably taking too much Ibuprofen and you're not doing it to really provide a lot of benefit for your pain.

Then studies that had been done, there accept been studies in patients who are postoperative, too patients with dental pain, and they looked at 400 milligrams of Ibuprofen versus 600 milligrams, so just ii of the regular forcefulness tablets. They plant that that 400 milligrams had the verbal aforementioned effect on hurting as the 600 milligram. And even then, they found that that 400 milligrams 3 times a mean solar day was the max effect. You're talking just every eight hours.

If y'all're someone who you're maxim, "Wow, I hurt. I'thou going to take 600 milligrams of Ibuprofen every 4 to 6 hours," so you're taking that dose maybe four or 5 times a day. You're not getting a lot of do good from that additional Ibuprofen. And the large thing yous set yourself up for is stomach irritation. Information technology can lead to ulcers. It tin pb to bleeding sometimes. Y'all could avoid it and just take 400 milligrams iii times a day. That'south the maximum result for hurting. Less is more specially when information technology comes to Ibuprofen.

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