The Incessant Myth of Brand Names

[igor_kavinski]

Ibuprofen is about the safest NSAID for the liver. And baby aspirin....wow.

Ibuprofen (oral route) - Side effects & dosage

www.mayoclinic.org

It's rare so suggested the liver enzymes test out of an abundance of caution.

GodisanAtheist could be the rare individual.

There's this: https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/ibuprofen-could-impact-liver-health

Should You Take Baby Aspirin to Prevent a Heart Attack? | Guthrie

Here's information about updated guidelines for low-dose aspirin. Taking a low-dose or baby aspirin (81mg) every day has been recommended by doctors for years as

www.guthrie.org

Be sure to talk to your doctor before starting or stopping any medication, including low-dose aspirin.

He shouldn't be taking these meds unless he's been advised to do so by his doctor.

 

[WilliamM2]

Ibuprofen (oral route) - Side effects & dosage

www.mayoclinic.org

It's rare so suggested the liver enzymes test out of an abundance of caution.

GodisanAtheist could be the rare individual.

There's this: https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/ibuprofen-could-impact-liver-health

Should You Take Baby Aspirin to Prevent a Heart Attack? | Guthrie

Here's information about updated guidelines for low-dose aspirin. Taking a low-dose or baby aspirin (81mg) every day has been recommended by doctors for years as

www.guthrie.org

He shouldn't be taking these meds unless he's been advised to do so by his doctor.

He never said he took it every day.

You must be in the peak of health, since you google everything that goes in your body. Must be pretty damn hungry too.

 

[Captante]

Dude, get your liver enzymes checked. Those drugs are not kind to the liver.

As a rule NSAIDS are processed in the kidneys not the liver. That's Tylenol.

 

[igor_kavinski]

Must be pretty damn hungry too.

Other than drugs and certain problematic foods, I eat well.

But yes, there's a lot of stuff I don't eat anymore. Learned the hard way.

Google was absolutely useless in warning me about the risk of consuming mushrooms in a diabetic state. Again, learned the hard way to consider BOTH benefits and harmful effects of whatever I intend to take.

 

[GodisanAtheist]

He never said he took it every day.

You must be in the peak of health, since you google everything that goes in your body. Must be pretty damn hungry too.

-Yeah it's a once or twice a week thing if general achiness is high after a robust workout or hike.

 

[Captante]

He never said he took it every day.

You must be in the peak of health, since you google everything that goes in your body. Must be pretty damn hungry too.

FWIW I Google everything that goes into MY body lol ... and I'm NOT "in the peak of health" !! 😉

 

[rh71]

Generic ibuprofen I need to take 3 tabs (supposedly 600mgs) to take care of a bad headache.

Same with brand-name Nasacort or Flonase allergy spray vs generic.

I've always been tempted to try CVS brand Flonase, but never have. It's a crapshoot as it is which day Flonase decides to work so I'm not going to shoot myself (rather my kid) in the foot just to experiment with unbranded for weeks only to find out it doesn't work nearly as well to begin with. In that case, it probably would rarely work at all.

 

[Captante]

I've always been tempted to try CVS brand Flonase, but never have. It's a crapshoot as it is which day Flonase decides to work so I'm not going to shoot myself (rather my kid) in the foot just to experiment with unbranded for weeks only to find out it doesn't work nearly as well to begin with. In that case, it probably would rarely work at all.

I use Nasonex steroid allergy spray and YMMV with generics of that too .... severely! 😵

Thing is the generic versions (especially Amazon brand) are so much cheaper, the obviously lower potency is kinda "okay" considering the reduced cost per dose.

BUT it's still fraud far as I'm concerned when I need to use half-again more of a medication just so it works properly as opposed to a brand-name.

 

[igor_kavinski]

BUT it's still fraud far as I'm concerned when I need to use half-again more of a medication just so it works properly as opposed to a brand-name.

Probably being made by chemists in some third world country with degrees that they just bought, instead of studying for them.

 

[Captante]

Probably being made by chemists in some third world country with degrees that they just bought, instead of studying for them.

I think they know EXACTLY what they're doing. Over millions of doses a VERY small reduction of the active ingredient adds up to a LOT of money in the pharma companies pockets.

I do agree however that the majority of the fraud in manufacturing/dosing happens in overseas production.

 

[Captante]

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