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IBuprofen

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jacqueline01135
jacqueline01135

Has anyone taken Ibuprofen as a diviticilitis flair started,,just to head it off by putting a holdon the pain,or,even stopped it

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  • MELEKIE
    MELEKIE jacqueline01135

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    I would not take Ibuprofen it will irritate your stomach if you really must always take with food..There are allot other meds you can take for relief pain paracetamol works for me. Suggest you read the leaflet re ibuprofen bit drastic
    • jacqueline01135
      jacqueline01135 MELEKIE

      Posted

      I do actually  read the leaflets AKA . horror stories,consequently most

      of the tabs end up in the bin. I control my D.D with herbals which, for

      me, are very effective, but I thought if there was any inflamation .one or two Ibuprofen would help rather than the Coproxamol family of drugs

      None were needed ,as I drank loads, and put the fire out 

  • vera08268
    vera08268 jacqueline01135

    Posted

    Hello and good morning Jacueline

    I do like your sense of humour.  Yes it is like a fire burning .  Ill try and put my fire out if it happens again Ha Ha. Have you heard of a peppermint helping?

    I was on holidayonce and had an attack so dived into the nearest chemist to ask advice. They just said takke Movicol and drink a lot of water. When I came out of the shop a customer who was in the shop at the same time and overheard the conversation came rushing up to say that she suffers from DD and finds peppermint capsules a great help

    I stopped what threatened to be an attack last week in this way and it seemed to work

    • jacqueline01135
      jacqueline01135 vera08268

      Posted

      Hi. We all seem to be taking charge of thes immovable objects, I do find that swearing at it  to sod off helps, rather than doing a lot of "OH poor old me"   Not tried peppermint ,horses like them, 

      Another thing that woks for me ,is going to bed, and lie flat on my 

      back with a good book 

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