Overview
Description of the drug IBUPROFEN is based on officially approved instructions for use and approved by the manufacturer.
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Ibuprofen is a universal painkiller, but most often it is taken for migraines and headaches, and everyone can afford the cost of such a medicine. It also helps lower body temperature and relieve inflammation. This drug is prescribed for both adults and children with colds and arthritis.
What do these pills help from, do they have contraindications and side effects? Let's try to figure it out.
What is ibuprofen?
This medicine is usually released. in the form of tablets having pink or white color, depending on the composition of the shell and the manufacturer. Ibuprofen is a non-steroidal drug with anti-inflammatory effectiveness. Pills help reduce temperature and eliminate pain, even articular. They do not have a strong negative effect on the stomach, unlike other painkillers, for example, Aspirin, but they are undesirable to drink with kidney and liver failure, stomach ulcers, allergic reactions, and individual intolerance to the components of the drug.
Ibuprofen is especially effective for headaches. Other than that, he helps in the following situations:
- if there are rheumatic and other inflammations of the joints;
- with diseases that cause motor impairment;
- if a person has myalgia and neuralgia;
- with tooth and postoperative pain, proceeding in an acute form;
- for the treatment of infectious diseases of ENT organs;
- with menstrual bleeding;
remember that a person has the flu and SARS; - to eliminate fever and hyperthermia.
After taking the suspension or tablets, they begin to act within Ibuprofen minutes, because of this, such a tool is considered one of the fastest drugs. The final action of ibuprofen occurs in two hours and lasts about five hours.
Ibuprofen for headache
Does ibuprofen help with headaches? The answer is only yes. Among young people, a disease such as tension headache, in which a person has the feeling that his head is squeezing with something. The pain in this case is aching and dull, of medium intensity, and can cover the entire head or only a specific part (nape, parietal region, forehead). A headache of tension always arises during the day and can intensify even after a little physical exertion. This disease is characteristic of people engaged in mental work, as it is caused by mental stress.
Headache of tension happens:
- episodic - up to 15 seizures occur in a month, which last at least 30 minutes;
- chronic - more than 15 seizures per month.
How to take ibuprofen for a headache? If it is episodic, then 400 mg should be taken during an attack. If such attacks occur more often 15 times a month, then it is recommended to take the drug three times a day 400 mg for 21 days. From a chronic tension headache, only the course use of antidepressants can alleviate the patient’s fate, and Ibuprofen will be ineffective in this case.
Ibuprofen for migraine
There are many reasons that cause an attack of such a neurological disease. Migraine can start if a person is nervous or even ate something wrong. This pathological condition has three phases. When the first phase occurs, the person has anxiety and anxiety. The second is characterized by unbearable pain on only one Ibuprofen of the head. It usually happens bursting, pulsating and gradually grows. A person begins to annoy everything: light, smells, sounds. During the last phase, the headache gradually subsides.
If migraine occurs, then it is advisable to take such tablets in the first phase, so that during the second pain will not be so intense. The greatest effect is achieved if you take 200 or 400 mg of the drug two hours after the onset of the attack. If the second phase has already begun, then 400 mg of the drug should be taken immediately. This can significantly reduce the duration of the attack, and the head will not hurt so much. If the attack does not go away after 5 - 6 hours, then it is recommended to drink the same amount of medicine.
How to drink ibuprofen?
In pharmacies, such a drug is dispensed without a prescription, but it is not recommended to take it without a doctor’s prescription. Tablets have many contraindications and have side effects, so you need read the instructions carefully, to prevent overdose. With special care, ibuprofen is used during pregnancy and breastfeeding.
Dosage
Since Ibuprofen tablets are prescribed for both adults and children, it is necessary to strictly observe the Rapid in accordance with age.
Adolescents over 12 years of age and adults should take no more than 3-4 tablets per 200 mg per day. If such a dose does not bring the desired effect and the pain does not disappear, then the doctor may prescribe two tablets (400 mg) three times a day. For fast absorption of the drug, the first dose should be taken in the morning before meals. But it is advisable to take Ibuprofen after a meal, as this helps reduce side effects. Do not take more than 6 tablets per day.
Children from 6 to 12 lysines old, weighing more than 20 kg, per day should take up to 4 tablets, making an interval of 6 hours between intervals. Breasts should be given no more than 10 mg per day.
For more than 5 days, tablets should not be taken. If, for any reason, the drug was missed, in no case should you use the next double dose, since there is a high probability of an overdose. If there is no effect from taking Ibuprofen three days after the start of treatment, it is best not to hesitate, but consult a doctor. Also, medical attention may be required in case of side effects.
During pregnancy and during lactation, the drug is prescribed only by a doctor. This medicine is not able to harm the fetus, and it practically does not pass into breast milk, but it should be taken immediately lysine feeding the baby so that its concentration is as low as possible.
Side effects
The drug is usually better tolerated than Aspirin, Indomethacin and Diclofenac. However, ibuprofen may cause the rapid side effects:
- heartburn, vomiting, diarrhea, decreased appetite, nausea, constipation;
- Quincke's edema, skin rash, itching;
- increased sweating, fever, anemia, allergic rhinitis;
- dizziness, insomnia, irritability, headache, anxiety;
- tachycardia, heart failure, blood pressure may increase;
- pain and dry mouth;
- anaphylactic shock;
- bronchospasm or shortness of breath;
- hearing loss or ringing (noise) in the ears;
- drowsiness, boot, hallucinations, confused consciousness;
- quite rarely - blurred vision or double vision, swelling of the eyelids, dry eyes, conjunctiva;
- changes in blood composition - thrombocytopenia, agranulocytosis, leukopenia.
