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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 and Efficacy
Reasons taken	# of patients	# of patients evaluated by
Pain	324	40
Other	128	12
Headaches	53	6
Stiffness/Spasticity	42	5
General health	30	3
Support another treatment	29	2
Headaches-Right eye/neck/head	19	4
Nerve pain (neuropathic pain)	8	1
Flu-like symptoms	6	0
Burning sensation, between shoulders	4	0
Inflammation	3	1
Mobility	3	0
Migraine	2	0
Arthritis	2	0
Sensation	2	0
Slow my MS progress	2	0
MS Hug, or girdle-band sensation, stomach/chest/thighs	2	1
Don't know	2	0
Swelling	1	0
short period flu like symptom	1	0
Pain, leg	1	0
Fatigue	1	0
Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS)	1	0
Pain, eyes	1	0
Fever	1	0
Muscle aches	1	0
neck and shoulder pain	1	0
Back pain	1	1
Prevent side effects of Betaseron	1	0
Muscle spasms	1	0
discomfort	1	0
pain and burning in feet	1	0
Pain, arm	1	0
disease-related symptoms	1	0
Optic neuritis (inflammation, optic nerve)	1	0
sick feeling in head	1	0
Side Effects of Rebif	1	0
joint pain (elbows and knees )	1	0
deep muscle pain left side of neck	1	1
Cramps	1	1
Pre-Medication For Rebif Shot (Tues. Thurs. Sat)	1	0
Sexual dysfunction	1	0
for side effects of avonex	1	0
Numbness	1	0
general muscle achiness	1	0
Muscle Pain	1	0

See all 46 reasons taken ▼

See all 681 patients currently taking Ibuprofen

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe	1	2%
Moderate	1	2%
Mild	6	10%
None	54	87%

Most commonly reported side effects

upset stomach	4	6%
back pain, headaches, stomach pain,	2	3%
stomach upset	2	3%
joint pain	1	2%
causes Gerd to be worse	1	2%
Nausea	1	2%
Abdominal pain	1	2%
Stomach pain	1	2%
Stomach ache	1	2%

Mild
Moderate
Severe

See all 9 reported side effects ▼

Dosages

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Ibuprofen. See all 81 dosages ►

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Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Ibuprofen (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason	# Patients	Percentage of patients
Other	23	33%
Doctor's advice	20	29%
Course of treatment ended	10	14%
Side effects too severe	9	13%
Did not seem to work	7	10%
Personal research	2	3%
Not indicated	2	3%

See all 65 patients who’ve stopped taking Ibuprofen

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Ibuprofen

0-1 month	1-3 months	3-6 months	6 months-1year	1-2 years	2 years or more
1	2	8	70	100	150

Stopped Taking Ibuprofen

0-1 month	1-3 months	3-6 months	6 months-1year	1-2 years	2 years or more
4	12	9	12	10	19

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always	33	53%
Usually	24	39%
Sometimes	4	6%
Never	1	2%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very	1	2%
Somewhat	0	0%
A little	3	5%
Not at all	58	94%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+	0	0%
$100-199	0	0%
$50-99	0	0%
$25-49	2	3%
< $25	38	61%

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Patient Evaluations

See all 62 patient evaluations

JesswithMS

Sex: F

Sensation: Moderate

Overall: Mild

Cognition: mild

Vision: moderate

Speech: mild

Swallowing: moderate

Upper limb: mild

Walking: moderate

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JesswithMS

as needed

since Aug 20, 2008
Efficacy Moderate for Pain
Side Effects None
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bgord

Sex: M

Sensation: Moderate

Overall: Mild

Cognition: none

Vision: mild

Speech: none

Swallowing: mild

Upper limb: moderate

Walking: moderate

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bgord

100mg/5mL as needed

since Aug 25, 2008
Efficacy Major for Other
Side Effects None
Advice/Tips It helps to take a stool softener See full evaluation

Sallyboo

Sex: F

Sensation: Moderate

Overall: Mild

Cognition: moderate

Vision: none

Speech: moderate

Swallowing: mild

Upper limb: moderate

Walking: moderate

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Sallyboo

800mg as needed

since Sep 08, 2008
Efficacy Moderate for Pain
Side Effects None
See full evaluation

See all 62 patient evaluations

Forum

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Report created on November 20, 2009.

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