Actually you can take quite a bit of ibuprofen for a short period of time with no long term problems. You can also take ibuprofen and acetaminophen. It is quite the hot take that narcotic pain meds are safer.
I’m not at all suggesting ibuprofen for pain management of cancer patients or people immediately after major surgery.
But for a big chunk of outpatient procedures enough OTC pain meds will actually work just fine.
I’m not some granola advocate here. Nor am I trying to say that everyone should just tough it out. But you can’t seriously say that 800mg ibuprofen is more dangerous or less effective than opioids for wisdom teeth removal
I’m not at all suggesting ibuprofen for pain management of cancer patients or people immediately after major surgery.
But for a big chunk of outpatient procedures enough OTC pain meds will actually work just fine.
I’m not some granola advocate here. Nor am I trying to say that everyone should just tough it out. But you can’t seriously say that 800mg ibuprofen is more dangerous or less effective than opioids for wisdom teeth removal