• Hello_there@fedia.io
    51·
    5 months ago

    If you don’t use pain meds on a whim, when you really need the help they will be more effective

      • Norgur@fedia.io
        29·
        5 months ago

        Just dont take ibuprofen for every little thing and you should be good.

      • quixotic120@lemmy.world
        4·
        5 months ago

        Drug tolerance is generally not associated with acetaminophen or NSAIDs although using them frequently to manage headaches can definitely cause rebound headaches on discontinuation

    • mecfs@lemmy.worldOP
      28·
      5 months ago

      Yeah but a lot of people never use them. Like I’m chronically ill, with chronic pain and only use maybe a couple times a year cuz of weird masculine “deal with the pain instincts”. I need to remind myself of this meme more often ahahha

  • lars@lemmy.sdf.org
    36·
    5 months ago

    “But I have high pain tolerance”

    No you fucking don’t otherwise you wouldn’t be bitching about your fucking headache all the live long day. Eat the ibuprofen now.

  • Ibaudia@lemmy.worldEnglish
    22·
    5 months ago

    I have the fabulous genetic quirk of suddenly acquiring unimaginable stomach pain and nausea after taking ibuprofen or asprin. I also get frequent migraines 🙃

      • Ibaudia@lemmy.worldEnglish
        16·
        5 months ago

        Not yet but I need to. My mom got cancer so we’ve met our family’s out-of-pocket maximum for the year, meaning all my treatments are finally free. Thanks America! /s

        • SkyezOpen@lemmy.world
          1·
          5 months ago

          Genuinely please do soon. My girlfriend almost died as a kid due to severe pain and docs just throwing painkillers at her, resulting in ulcers and very nearly a ruptured stomach.

  • Th4tGuyII@fedia.io
    20·
    5 months ago

    Particularly for physical injuries, I sometimes prefer to suffer as it reminds me that I need to be careful, which I know I’d forget if I subdued the pain.

    Having said that, for things like flu’s where it’s just pure suffering for nothing, I’ll suck down as many painkillers as I can have in a day.

    • jabathekek@sopuli.xyz
      15·
      5 months ago

      My co-worker fucked up her foot that way. She sprained her ankle during a hiking trip and just kept popping painkillers so she could keep walking.

    • Wolf314159@startrek.website
      6·
      5 months ago

      I do this, but it needs to be balanced with a healthy dose of “don’t overcompensate or you’ll fuck up the uninjured side.”

  • OozingPositron@feddit.clEnglish
    13·
    5 months ago

    20 mg isotretinoin, 1g effervescent paracetamol, oh yeah, it’s hepatitis time.

    I remember that my neurologist said there is no analgesic that can help with my migraines and I should just take the meds as soon as I can or face a week of suffering, but I can’t just take them every time I think it could be it so I just gamble my productivity for the week.

    • tourist@lemmy.world
      5·
      5 months ago

      My mom has a similar condition

      If she feels a migraine coming she has to take Relpax (eletriptan) ASAP. If she takes it too late, it may not work.

      On top of that, it’s the only medication that works for her migraines. Even worse, the medication needs a prescription in South Africa (it’s OTC in some other countries); it’s stupid expensive; each box has like 4 pills; and the pharmacists keep saying Pfizer is going to stop producing it. I don’t think generics are available. Haven’t checked in a while.

      Btw Isn’t isotretinoin for acne? Do you need a prescription for it?

      • OozingPositron@feddit.clEnglish
        5·
        5 months ago

        All the triptans are great, all expensive as fuck, fortunately effervescent paracetamol works better for me than any triptan.

        >Btw Isn’t isotretinoin for acne? Do you need a prescription for it?

        Yes and yes. Prescription like every 6 months and blood tests to check if my liver doesn’t want to kill me for treating it so bad. But I have the skin of a Korean model and my hair has 0 grease now, it’s great.

        • Rev3rze@feddit.nl
          2·
          5 months ago

          I went through so much lip balm over the course of a year while taking isotretinoin. Miraculous how well it works though. The acne hasn’t returned since finishing the treatment a year ago.

          • OozingPositron@feddit.clEnglish
            2·
            5 months ago

            Oh right! At least one per month, beeswax or petroleum based for you? I preferred beeswax, the vanilla flavoured one smelled so good I wanted to kiss myself.

    • linja@lemmy.world
      1·
      5 months ago

      Wait, what?! HRT isn’t even PRN! Why are people treating it like polyjuice? I have never heard of this.

  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.netEnglish
    6·
    5 months ago

    I’ve never known any OTC analgesic to actually help with any aches or pains with the exception of it being a caffeine withdrawal headache and using Excedrin with Caffeine. But I could also just have some coffee or tea. Even strong prescription pain relievers like Vicodin or oxycotin barely have any effect. Novacaine works; but that makes the affected area entirely numb.

    • Fishbone@lemmy.world
      1·
      5 months ago

      Maybe you have some kind of genetic drug resistance. My mom has an extremely high resistance to anesthetics (it’s been a major problem when docs don’t believe her) and apparently most people in my family do too.

  • Coskii@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    5·
    5 months ago

    My headaches are usually a deficiency of something simple. I’ll eat and meal and drink a quart of water… If that doesn’t do it then it’s time for some ouch-away.