• Che Banana@beehaw.org
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    4 months ago

    Well, to be fair Aspirin was a factor in nearly killing me, acetaminophen (Tylenol) now doesn’t work since i took that too often, and now im stuck with ibuprofen which may, again, cause a leak in my stomach that could kill me.

    Sooooooo… if you’re not taking this medication regularly, by all means, if not just a word of caution from an old, apparently hard to kill, bastard.

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      4 months ago

      Yeah, this seems like one of those things where people casually discussing the issue are talking about wildly different scales. I, to be clear, am talking about having a hangover or sleeping in a rough position and pinching my neck once in maybe two or three months and refusing to take an analgesic to get through it faster. I get the feeling that what you’re describing is either on a way different level or a rarer interaction or side effect.

      Which is why my other comment below still goes: if you need to deal with pain beyond sporadic usage to get through a one-off event, please go talk to a doctor and don’t listen to me or anybody else on the Internet.

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        4 months ago

        I also share the sentiment: you don’t get any medals or gold stars suffering in pain.

        I was just offering a word of caution for those unaware, as I was in my youth.