Image description: A bottle of Ibuprofen containing 1000 tablets.
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Do Americans need these giant packs to deal with daily life in America?
this post was submitted on 02 Mar 2024
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That and to deal with the symptoms of their illnesses that have gone untreated because a) too expensive and/or b) doctors here gaslight you that it's just anxiety.
My wife just paid $150 to go to a walk-in to check what is clearly a swollen blocked gland or something under her ear. It’s killing her. She was there for an hour. The doctor was in and out in under 2 minutes. He told her to take Tylenol and come back when it gets worse.
So yeah, it’s cheaper and you waste less time buying OTC pain killers in bulk I guess.
This is way cheaper than health insurance.
Some people also have families.
Not for long, if they're taking that amount of drugs regularly.
No. This was purchased because someone thought it was a "great deal". They will use about a quarter of the bottle before it expires and then just throw the rest out.
Not everyone is a lonely neck beard. Some folks live with families, and some of those family members might just have to take a daily pill or two daily.
I'm not sure what part I shouldn't be able to comprehend
The part where you need 1000 tablets, that's more than a lifetime supply. If you need that many you're better off visiting the doctor and fix whatever the issue is.
Tell me you don't have chronic headaches without telling me you don't have chronic headaches
nsaids for chronic headaches?
Jesus, No.
What would you suggest as an alternative, then? Most sources list ibuprofen as the first line drug of choice for moderate tension headache.
Go to the doctor? What do you think I am? Made of money?
......fixing general muscle pain? What do you expect a doctor to resolve there? This is fucking Ibuprofen. Advil. Am I taking crazy pills or is this thread actually happening in real life?
Are we sure this was bought for just a single person's use?
People don't have families or roommates in Europe /s
There are some really stupid "America bad" takes in this thread.
Fine, have your orange president in peace, then.
Can confirm, I'm European and my mind cannot comprehend this.
1000 pills? I've never seen so many pills all at once. Do you use them to flavor your dishes or something?
Pill are cheaper than surgery.
Signed: an American.
You guys pay for surgeries??
Signed: a European
Hearing Europeans mock how much we pay for health care never gets old. I mean, the stupid high bills just don't get the point across. I would be ecstatic with a single payer system supported by taxes. A system that doesn't rely on an insurance company whose sole purpose is to deny me the coverage I am due. My favorite part is the fake astronomical prices they put on stuff just to charge insurance companies a "negotiated" price. I get that we, as a nation, truly suck. At best we are a corporatocracy. At worst, a straight oligarchy. We've got a feeble minded , racist, oompa loompa running for a second term as president. And he has a legit chance of winning! There is almost no part of our society that does not suck in some way. And the vast majority of us know it but the government is so bought and paid for that no real change is possible without bullets. But please, my European brothers and sisters, can you please stop rubbing it on our faces. I assure you we hurt enough already. (edit: a word)
Well, they are 200mg pills so you will need to take 4 at once for them to make a difference, multiple times per day
Isn't 400mg the normal adult dose and 600 the bigger?
Those numbers are unamerican. Real Americans take 5 in the morning, 5 in the afternoon, and 8 to go to bed.
For when you really refuse to deal with the underlying issues causing pain, i guess.
Someone obviously doesn't have rheumatoid arthritis, or any other one of a plethora of painful diseases. Even with my biologics, flare ups happen, and ibuprofen takes the edge off.
On the other hand, maybe Europe has cured RA, and just hasn't shared it with the rest of the world?
Sure, NSAIDS are great, but 99.9% of RA patients still shouldn't need 1000 tablets of half strength Ibuprofen if they are actually seeing their rheumatologist. We usually use coxibs for prolonged therapy supplementing with paracetamole or paracetamole codeine as needed. Most of the time pain control is achieved quickly via steroids and we generally recommend patients to try and avoid NSAIDS once they are started on steroids.
This is cheaper.
200mg is pretty low, though
You can only absorb 400mg in one dose, so 200 is a great idea (you get to choose taking one or two). Any excess you take will not have an effect on your pain.
For real? I had a doctor recommend taking four for really bad headaches.
No they have no idea what they're talking about