Hi, I use medications with ibuprofen like Motrin and Advil to deal with cramps. However, I have recently noticed that I suffer from quite a bit of bloating also so I'm thinking about switching to Midol which is also supposed to help with bloat and fatigue. One thing I've noticed about Midol is that it does not use ibuprofen for pain relief, it uses something called Acetaminophen. Anyway I usually take 1 or 2 200 mg of ibuprofen to deal with the pain but Midol uses 500 mg of Acetaminophen for each gelcap. Does anyone know if the two drugs have equal pain relieving power? Thanks, your answers are much appreciated.
2006-08-17 08:36:48 · 5 answers · asked by Trice 2 in Health ➔ Women's Health
I did say I'm planning on switching to Midol not taking both and I've gone to Midol.com but I'm trying to find out if ibuprophen and acetaminophen have equal pain relieving power or do you have to take more or less.
2006-08-17 09:12:23 · update #1
I take midol because cannot take any ibuprofen or aspirin products and it does have less of the pain reliever than your ibuprofen,but midol has caffeine in it. and in pain relievers the caffeine absorbs the medicine to help it to work faster. you should be able to go to webmd.com for info on midol and caffeine with pain relievers
2006-08-22 05:51:19 · answer #1 · answered by mssashley1 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
like she said mixing drugs are dangous plus deadly
just use midol
i use midol it works great for me like mycramps and you will nocite like me that midol works faster then like tylenol or any reg pain killer
plus it works on those other problems that come with the time of the month
go to www.midol.com
i use Menstrual Complete Caplets by midol but you might need a differt one becuase mycousin taylor takes Teen Formula
so go to that page for midol and see which one you need
and remeber you aren't the only one who goes thur this ever month
2006-08-17 09:06:21 · answer #2 · answered by Organic77Dreams@yahoo.com 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actaully i take both.Usually the midol does its job alone but for extra releif i take two aspirin.Everything has worked fine so if you feel the need take both.
2006-08-17 13:14:38 · answer #3 · answered by SweetPea 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mixing drugs is dangerous. Don't do it! Just try using only midol.
2006-08-17 08:45:16 · answer #4 · answered by lavendertigers 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
acetaminophen is Tylenol. If Tylenol works for your pain, it would work fine. If not, you should be able to take both- it should not hurt you
2006-08-17 08:49:19 · answer #5 · answered by Mary K 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋