Tuffy
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I just had to respond to this post about Motrin and share this experience. My husband has been taking Motrin, Aleve...mostly the generic stuff under the name of Ibphrophen (sp?). He has had 'back aches & tension headaches' almost daily for the past 20 yrs. (*Wild younger yrs with dirt bikes and 4 whrs!!) Anyway, he took 600-800mgs in the morning and then again at night after dinner. He's great about going to a doctor thank goodness. Annnnyywayy, he had blood work done a few weeks ago and then went to the doctor last week for the results! Wow! The doctor told him to stop taking ALL NSAIDS..aka Motrin, Aleve, etc Immediately!!! Apparently taking these things for so long has done something to his kidneys. There is one count..P...something, I forget...that level should be '1'. His was a 1.9. Can't say if this is permanent damage or not, or if something else may be going on, but he will get blood work drawn again in a month and will see what his counts are then. The doc has put him on ULTRAM and he says its not really doing anything, so he takes 2 if its bad. When that doesn't work, he takes a LORTAB and wow....then its like "My back?...what Back! " Problem is, he can't take the stronger stuff and still do his job at work. Geez, what IT programs would he code up then....Oh No!!! So with all my rattling on here, <sorry> the point of my note is this...Please be VERY careful taking any Ibphrophen for a long time ok? We have enough things eating up our insides.... |
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ANYWAY THIS OTHER GIRL WHO HAS FMS SAYS THAT SHE TAKES MOTRIN EVERYDAY TO GET THROUGH THE DAY THIS WAS MY FIRST CONVERSATION ABOUT FMS WITH HER ANYWAYYYYYY AFTER WERE EXCHANGING OUR HOPES AND DREAMS OF LIVING FMS. SHE KEEPS TALKING ABOUT MOTRIN (YES MOTRIN) WHICH ARE LIKE BABY ASPRIN TO ME! MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT I THOUGHT THAT MOTRIN CAUSES ULCERS AND THAT YOU WEREN'T SUPPOSE TO TAKE THEM DAILY. I WORK IN THE MED FIELD AND I GOT ALL DIFFERNT KINDS OF OPINIONS WHEN I ASKED AROUND. SO DOES ANYBODY TAKE THEM EVERYDAY? AND HAS ANYONE TRIED OR HEARD ABOUT TAKING EVENING PRIMROSE?
Hope everyone gets a good nights sleep.