are there bad risks in taking obscene amounts of ibuprofen?

loveablesarah

bleubook:

Ibuprofen can affect your kidneys

 Tylenol can acffect your liver

 all pain meds when taken at high doses for extended periods of time can affect your organs.

 If you are taking a high dose for a limited amount of time, you will probably be fine.

 Maybe look into Aleve as an alternative. 

Aleve works wonders for me, but it's much harder on your stomach than ibuprofen. My doc told me to try to stick with ibuprofen if I can. But I had my guts rearranged with Bariatric Surgery, so I obsorb stuff different and my stomach is more sensitive to stuff like this, so this may be different for "normal" people. 

Bluesmoothy

I hope not or else I'm fvked.

rakattack

happywife123:

I take 800mgs a several times a day to combat horrendous cramps.  I haven't died yet.

ETA: I wouldn't do this for an extended period of time. 

I also do this.

Whitman_Poe

Large doses of ibuprofen can make you retain water. Just be aware that your rings and clothing may be a little tight.

randomCanadian

Whitman_Poe:

Large doses of ibuprofen can make you retain water. Just be aware that your rings and clothing may be a little tight.

Realize I'm not the OP, but THANK YOU! I had no idea, no one mentioned this to me and now it makes sense.  THANK YOU!

PixieChinchilla

cvillebetrothed:

amandasw:

it's hard on your liver, but I don't know how long you can safely take that much.  the amount your taking is basically the prescription amount (so it's not crazy), have you talked to a dr?

yes, the oral surgeon told me to do this.  i'm going to wean over the weekend, but i can't be super distracted or nap right now, so suppressing the pain is more important.

 

and i'm loling at "it can cause kidney failure."  thanks bluebook!  i hope i don't die!

We normally tell our patients that they should never exceed 3200mg in a 24 hour period.