110 patient evaluations for Ibuprofen

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Sep 25, 2009 (Started Oct 07, 2001)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for whole body pain)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (stomach pain, burning sensation in stomach)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: As needed
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: burning sensation in stomach, stomach pain
  • 0 helpful marks

Sep 6, 2009 (Started Jun 15, 2006)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for numbness and tingling with pins and needles)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Sometimes
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: As needed

Jun 20, 2009 (Started Jun 15, 2006)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for numbness and tingling with pins and needles)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Sometimes
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: As needed
Advice & Tips: I does help with some of the leg pain.

Apr 26, 2009 (Started Jun 15, 2006)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for numbness and tingling with pins and needles)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: As needed

Jan 7, 2009 (Started Jun 15, 2006)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for numbness and tingling with pins and needles)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: As needed
Cost: < $25 monthly

Dec 6, 2008 (Started Jun 15, 2006)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for numbness and tingling with pins and needles)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: As needed
Cost: < $25 monthly

Nov 18, 2008 (Started Jun 15, 2006)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for numbness and tingling with pins and needles)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: As needed
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

May 23, 2009 (Started Jan 02, 2002)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for pain)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 800 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: none
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

May 9, 2009 (Started Sep 01, 1998)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for pain)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: As needed
Advice & Tips: I have cut down the need for this drastically since having the botox and LDN. Now only taking for headaches. Do not take on an empty stomach is my only caution FYI.
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Jun 20, 2008 (Started Dec 01, 2003)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for pain)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 2400 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Worked ok at first, now doesn't work at all.
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Apr 7, 2009 (Started Feb 01, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for pain)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 200 mg Daily
  • 0 helpful marks

Mar 24, 2009 (Started Mar 22, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for neck pain)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Never taken as prescribed
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 5 x 100 mg/5 mL Daily
Advice & Tips: Try to keep daily dose as noted for product. You can however take more than one pill at a time to do this. Just make sure you have eaten and that you don't have or may be prone to ulcer. Don't take over the counter pain pills if you are on a prescribed pain killer. Check with DR.
Cost: $25-49 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Mar 15, 2009 (Started Sep 01, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for Increase effect of another treatment)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for cramps)
  • Effectiveness
    None (for pain)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 400 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Jan 1, 2009 (Started Nov 20, 2006)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for Other)
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for pain)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Sometimes
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: As needed
Advice & Tips: I had ringing in the ears and slightly elevated blood pressure. Since I stopped taking ibuprofin both have stopped.
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Feb 8, 2009 (Started Jan 04, 1995)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for Other)
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for Increase effect of another treatment)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 600 mg Weekly
Advice & Tips: Eliminates all my fluish symptoms from the Avonex.
  • 0 helpful marks
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