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Aceteminophen is available here in drugstores without a prescription as Tylenol.
Yeah, here too (different brand name). It's the others that are treated differently in each country. Last time I was in New York I went looking for codeine for my migraines, and was told it's prescription-only. Next visit, I'm taking my own (plus a copy of the prescription!)...
What will happen is that people will start taking three of the "regular" strength pills, therefore getting 175mg MORE than the old dose.
Do you (not just Vortex; the general "you") think that more people ignore the limits given on the bottle of an OTC drug, or adhere to them? Because I know a ton of people who REFUSE to ever take more of any OTC drug than the bottle says, even when I point out that when the same drug is prescribed, the dose is 2x that amount. Like ibuprofen.
Yeah, here too (different brand name)
Paracetamol! I remember this because when I was in london, a little boy told me a joke (why are there no headaches in the jungle? Because parrots eat em all (say it fast) )and he was very upset that I didn't laugh because I didn't know what paracetamol was!
Because parrots eat em all (say it fast) )and he was very upset that I didn't laugh because I didn't know what paracetamol was!
Heh. Ancient joke. Actually paracetamol isn't a brand name - it's another version of the chemical name.
I argued with The Girl, who is not British, about this for years. She refused to believe that acetaminophen and paracetamol were the same thing. She'd been importing Tylenol for years, claiming it worked better than cheap paracetamol from the pharmacy down the road. She was most upset when I eventually proved to her they were exactly the same thing. (I nearly had to demonstrate with actual chemistry.)
Do you (not just Vortex; the general "you") think that more people ignore the limits given on the bottle of an OTC drug, or adhere to them? Because I know a ton of people who REFUSE to ever take more of any OTC drug than the bottle says, even when I point out that when the same drug is prescribed, the dose is 2x that amount. Like ibuprofen.
I will ask if it's safe if the "recommended" dose isn't doing the trick. For example, my doctor was prescribing 600Mg of naprosen for my cramps. 30 pills was a $12 co pay. However, my doctor suggested that I buy Aleve, which comes in 250mg tablets. Taking three aleve is cheaper than $12 prescription pills, and my doctor gave me the okay for that dose, since he knows that I only take it three days a month.
Random pronunciation question - do y'all pronounce naproxen as na-PROX-en or NAP-per-sen? The first time I ever heard it was as the 2nd way, but I suspect that might have been just my oh-so-southern roommate.
I think that it's two different generic names? naproxen and naprosen? Teppy?
na-PROX-en
I say it that way because of the full name of the drug, which is Naproxen sodium
naproxen and naprosen?
It's "Naprosyn," with a "y," not an "e," which is the brand name of naproxen.
I think Naproxen is the generic and Naprosen is the brand name?