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Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Paracetamol
5:58 PM | Posted by
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This is information I provide to my customers as part of my pharmacy practice:
Paracetamol is an excellent, albeit mild pain killer. The usual dose is 1g every four hours - up to a maximum of 8 five hundred mg tablets a day. Paracetamol is available in a long acting dose of 665mg tablets - take 2 every 8 hours. There is also a rapidly acting version of paracetamol - contains 500mg paracetamol per tablet plus a higher than usual level of salt. The body absorbs this salt - and the associated paracetamol - more rapidly than if the tablet contained paracetamol alone. Paracetamol is available as a soluble tablet - this is achieved by adding citrate to the tablet. Please note the addition of salt and citrate to paracetamol necessarily makes these tablets larger than they would otherwise be. Anyhow, not all medicines are suitable for everybody. And please remember if you have any questions please ask your pharmacist
Paracetamol is an excellent, albeit mild pain killer. The usual dose is 1g every four hours - up to a maximum of 8 five hundred mg tablets a day. Paracetamol is available in a long acting dose of 665mg tablets - take 2 every 8 hours. There is also a rapidly acting version of paracetamol - contains 500mg paracetamol per tablet plus a higher than usual level of salt. The body absorbs this salt - and the associated paracetamol - more rapidly than if the tablet contained paracetamol alone. Paracetamol is available as a soluble tablet - this is achieved by adding citrate to the tablet. Please note the addition of salt and citrate to paracetamol necessarily makes these tablets larger than they would otherwise be. Anyhow, not all medicines are suitable for everybody. And please remember if you have any questions please ask your pharmacist
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Ibuprofen
11:17 PM | Posted by
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The following is some of the advice I give out in my pharmacy practice:
Ibuprofen is a non steroidal anti inflammatory drug, or an NSAID and as such is corrosive to the stomach. So I recommend taking it with food. It is recommended to take ibuprofen every 6 hours. Two interesting points about ibuprofen. The first is that the medicine has a wide therapeutic window. On one side you have the lowest effective dose - 200mg - this dose if effective is the least likely to cause stomach problems; all the way up to the prescription dose of 800mg - but I must stress that such a dose must be taken with food, and if 800mg is required on a regular basis please consult your doctor. The second point is that ibuprofen can be taken safely with paracetamol (acetaminophen in North America) as these two drugs have differing mechanisms of action. By itself paracetamol is a mild to moderate pain killer, and it can combine well with ibuprofen to provide an additional level of pain relief greater than ibuprofen alone.
Please note not all medicines are safe for all people. Please consult your pharmacist if unsure.
Ibuprofen is a non steroidal anti inflammatory drug, or an NSAID and as such is corrosive to the stomach. So I recommend taking it with food. It is recommended to take ibuprofen every 6 hours. Two interesting points about ibuprofen. The first is that the medicine has a wide therapeutic window. On one side you have the lowest effective dose - 200mg - this dose if effective is the least likely to cause stomach problems; all the way up to the prescription dose of 800mg - but I must stress that such a dose must be taken with food, and if 800mg is required on a regular basis please consult your doctor. The second point is that ibuprofen can be taken safely with paracetamol (acetaminophen in North America) as these two drugs have differing mechanisms of action. By itself paracetamol is a mild to moderate pain killer, and it can combine well with ibuprofen to provide an additional level of pain relief greater than ibuprofen alone.
Please note not all medicines are safe for all people. Please consult your pharmacist if unsure.
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