What is Ibuprofen?
Ibuprofen is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory (NSAID) drug used to relieve pain and swelling. It is thought to have lower levels of side effects than other NSAIDS and is widely found throughout over-the-counter painkiller medications.
Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
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| Pain | 49 |
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| Other | 13 |
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| General health | 7 |
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| Stiffness/Spasticity | 4 |
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| Mobility | 2 |
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1 | ||||
| disease-related symptoms | 2 |
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See all 87 patients currently taking Ibuprofen
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Dosages
Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Ibuprofen. See all 32 dosages ►
| 100mg/5mL as needed | 100mg as needed | 200mg as needed | 2 200mg as needed | 2 as needed | 300mg as needed | 3 10mg/mL as needed | 400 mg as needed | 400mg as needed | 500mg as needed | 600mg as needed | 800 mg as needed | 800mg as needed | as needed | mg as needed | 2 mg daily | 600 mg monthly | 40 mg daily | 100 mg/5 mL daily | 100 mg daily | 200 mg daily | 2 x 100 mg/5 mL daily | 400 mg daily | 4 x 100 mg/5 mL daily | 600 mg daily | 6 x 100 mg/5 mL daily | 800 mg daily | 1200 mg daily | 1600 mg daily | 1800 mg daily | 2400 mg daily | 2800 mg daily | ||
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Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
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Doctor's advice
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4 | 31% |
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Did not seem to work
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3 | 23% |
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Other
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3 | 23% |
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Side effects too severe
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2 | 15% |
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Personal research
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1 | 8% |
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Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
See more information, including instructions, precautions, side effects, and interactions.
Patient Evaluations
See all 7 patient evaluations
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- jmlasorsa
- Sex: F
- Mouth/throat: moderate
- Arms: moderate
- Chest: mild
- Legs: moderate
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- jmlasorsa
- 600 mg monthly
- since Aug 18, 2008
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Efficacy
Moderate
for Pain
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Side Effects
None
- See full evaluation
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- theroar
- Sex: F
- Mouth/throat: none
- Arms: moderate
- Chest: mild
- Legs: severe
- See profile
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- theroar
- 6 x 100 mg/5 mL daily
- since Oct 27, 2008
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Efficacy
None
for Stiffness/Spasticity
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Side Effects
None
- Advice/Tips IF you are taking it for pain and stiffness in the muscles it doesn;t help much, but it does help with the joint pain See full evaluation
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- NotFinished
- Sex: M
- Mouth/throat: none
- Arms: mild
- Chest: none
- Legs: mild
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- NotFinished
- 400mg as needed
- since Oct 19, 2009
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Efficacy
Slight
for Pain
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Side Effects
None
- Advice/Tips I take this for any inflammation associated with my Lumbar Spinal Stenosis and DDD. I have given up on narcotics to control pain. See full evaluation
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Report created on November 21, 2009.