have a pretty bad headache, taken two ibuprofen about a hour ago, will it be okay to take another couple of tablets?

[SlumberKitty]

willowtigger--ask a pharmacist.

[OafFish]

I don't want to give bad advice, but You might consider taking acetaminophen.

My understanding is that you can safely take acetaminophen with ibuprofen because they don't interact.

idk what that is, i can get ibuprofen and paracetamol where i live but havent come across acewhatsit, can't spell for crap

before i get reported, want to make it clear: i'm not wanting to take too much of anything

and nhs site confused the crap out of me when i looked it up

willowtigger hide before she gets given a hard time

[OafFish]

Originally Posted by willowtigger

idk what that is, i can get ibuprofen and paracetamol where i live but havent come across acewhatsit, can't spell for crap

Tylenol is acetaminophen, I don't know if it's available there

Originally Posted by OafFish

Tylenol is acetaminophen, I don't know if it's available there

never seen it so maybe we cant get it here

idk

unless its prescription only? here? idk

[OafFish]

Here they have low dose available off the shelf, but it's possible you do need a prescription for it if it even available.
I really just want you to feel better, youre a good person and don't deserve headaches

[RockyRoad007]

Acetaminophen is paracetamol in the UK.

If I were you, I would read the label on the ibuprofen bottle. That will tell you how much and how often you can take them.

Ibuprofen can be hard on the kidneys if you take too many.

[waldeinsamkeit]

Seconding RockyRoad007 here. The bottle should let you know how many mg each tablet is and provide a maximum mg dosage per 24 hours. Typically an ibuprofen dose for adults is one or two 200 mg tablets or capsules 3 times a day and it is recommended not to exceed 1, 200 mg maximum within a 24-hour period. So if you were taking 200 mg tablets, it would be okay to take 4 tablets within a 24-hour period.

So many medication names are impossible to spell

Not even trying to spell that ace one cause nee naw nee naw the spelling police will get me

[divine1966]

Willow, Tylenol (or any acetaminophen) in the UK is paracetamol.

[Doffy]

2 tabs every 4 hours

You can alternate with paracetamol every other 4 hours

So Ibuprofen then 2 hours later paracetamol then 2 hours again Ibuprofen