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[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 68 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

safe

Lol. Lmao.

[–] TootSweet@lemmy.world 64 points 9 months ago (1 children)

DPH is scary shit.

I'm not speaking from experience or anything. Nor about the "dark" trip reports. I'm talking about the stories of addiction, permanent debilitating brain damage, and death.

It's pretty fucked that LSD, psilocybin, and THC are schedule I in the U.S. while this shit doesn't require a prescription.

(Not that I think DPH should require a prescription. More that psychedelics like LSD and psilocybin should be accessible recreationally.)

[–] JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl 19 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Here in Belgium, even ibuprofin needs a prescription. Certainly DPH.

Then again, here weed is still illegal (possession of 3g decriminalized) and the actually very beneficial stuff like LSD and psilocybin are also highly illegal.

[–] Onii-Chan@kbin.social 22 points 9 months ago (3 children)

You need a prescription for ibuprofen? That's way too far imo.

[–] CareHare@sh.itjust.works 26 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You need a prescription for pills of 600mg ibuprofen. 400mg is available over the counter without prescription at any pharmacy. So you could just do 1,5 pills of 400mg and not have a prescription.

Source: Belgian nurse.

[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Same in the USA for doses that high

[–] KinglyWeevil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I've never seen anything over 200mg

[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago

Honestly 100mg is all I see on the shelves but I haven’t looked.

I’ve been prescribed 600 and 800mg in the past.

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Nah, those ibuprofen trips are deadly

[–] ahornsirup@sopuli.xyz 10 points 9 months ago (3 children)

The issue is the potential risk of severe (and potentially fatal) side effects if ibuprofen is taken regularly, especially at high dosages. You could argue that people have a right to damage their own bodies in whatever way they wish, but that's the reasoning.

[–] Quexotic@sh.itjust.works 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Thank you. I just warned my wife. She's going through a lot of ibuprofen.

[–] ahornsirup@sopuli.xyz 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

It's not common, so don't panic. But if anyone needs painkillers regularly I'd strongly advise consulting a physician about it, even if the source of the pain is known and harmless.

Edit - just to be very clear: I'm not a doctor or other medical professional. I just read the paperwork that's included with the medicine I take.

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Is it the side effects of medication itself or the pain source remaining untreated?

[–] ahornsirup@sopuli.xyz 5 points 9 months ago

The medication itself can (very rarely, it wouldn't be on OTC if severe side effects were common) cause kidney damage.

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 1 points 9 months ago

Yeah. It's basically as good as perfectly safe if you don't overdose it daily. Same with paracetamol.

[–] JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl -1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Well ibuprofin is pretty damaging to your liver depending on conditions and many people take it without food which is much more damaging than with food.

That being said, you can call for a prescription and a 50 pack of it is like 0.50€ lol

[–] beastlykings@sh.itjust.works 6 points 9 months ago

Are you thinking of acetaminophen? Without googling, my head canon says that acetaminophen damages the liver, while ibuprofen damages the kidneys. But I could be way off.

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 11 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Does it really do all that?

[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 20 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Take 600mg (each pill is 25mg) and yes it will.

You shouldn't be taking deleriants if you want to see some shit. Never done it myself but I've heard that the hallucinations are so vivid that you can be convinced they're real. Hard pass for me.

Take psychedelics instead. At least on those, you're aware that you're tripping.

[–] bfg9k@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

Tbh nobody should take delerients for recreation lol, they will make you delerious and eventually schizophrenic.

Stick to the shrooms and acid if you want to see some shit

[–] DRx@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago

Auditory hallucinations are most common. The sounds of flies buzzing around your head non-stop, creatures climbing up the walls/ceilings

Also, fun fact, there is a couple mnemonica for anticholinergic poisoning and they go:

red as a beet, dry as a bone, blind as a bat, mad as a hatter, hot as a hare, and full as a flask

But in pharmacy school we mostly said:

“No See, No Pee, No Spit, No Shit”

[–] olutukko@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago

Yes but for most people it's a living nightmare that can end up in hospital

[–] AlfredEinstein@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

OP failed to mention the role Benadryl played in Bill Cosby's social life.

[–] GluWu@lemm.ee 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You need to take more than one for that

[–] speck@kbin.social 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

So, don't leave us hanging: how many?

[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 months ago

One time I took 8 because the first 6 weren't helping with my allergies, and I got auditory hallucinations

[–] HorseWithNoName@lemm.ee 9 points 9 months ago (2 children)
[–] Rolder@reddthat.com 7 points 9 months ago

Works great for my car sickness tell you what

[–] DadVolante@sh.itjust.works 6 points 9 months ago

Oh that makes me feel old

[–] Siethron@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

I started taking zzzquil regularly lately. Reading all these comments made me think... Shit. Oh well, not like I'll remember them

[–] SuddenDownpour@sh.itjust.works 7 points 9 months ago

The one actual schizo post.

[–] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 7 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Why does American Benadryl have this Diphenhydramine in, instead of Cetirizine?

[–] Perfide@reddthat.com 10 points 9 months ago

Benadryl has been a brand in the US for decades longer than Cetirizine has even been in use, and they never changed the active ingredient when new antihistamines became available. Good thing too, cetirizine doesn't do shit for my allergies compared to DPH, and most other allergy med brands use cetirizine.

[–] lemming741@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago

That's sold as Zyrtec here

[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

We have both. I prefer the dram.