whats the difference?
2007-03-07 13:57:27 · 5 answers · asked by tapeface88 2 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Pain & Pain Management
They are Non-Steroidal Antiinflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs) that both inhibit cyclooxygenase, which synthesizes things like prostaglandins, thromboxanes, and leukotrienes. Aspirin is an irreversible inhibitor, ibuprofen is reversible. I believe they are both competitive inhibitors.
2007-03-07 14:01:53 · answer #1 · answered by Troy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-24 19:39:28 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aspirin can eat a hole in your stomach which will cause ulcers
Ibuprofen can lead to needing dialysis.
other - Much pain is from muscles below is an example of what may help (based on headaches).
Begin with a couple swigs of molasses or a couple of bananas (natural muscle relaxers) daily - magnesium (which regulates many things in the body) and potassium (a needed building block for muscles).
Drink at least 1/2 gallons of water per day. Running a body low on water is like running a car low on oil is the analogy the head of neurology at UCDavis told my husband about 10 years ago.
Now to the cause - muscles - your back, neck shoulders and head have tender spots. They are knots in the fibers of the muscles called trigger points. It makes the muscles tight which makes them press on nerves and other things causing the pain.
The cure - start with a professional massage, (if this does not do it you probably need a chiropractor as well) you will also want to go back over any place you can get to 6-12 times per session up to 6 times per day rubbing (or lightly scratching on your head) every where that is tender until the knots go away. The place where the skull connects to the spine press up under the edge of the skull (to get to those muscles).
For more information read The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook by Davies. It teaches what to do and where the pain comes from.
2007-03-07 16:15:23 · answer #3 · answered by Keko 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If taken for short periods in appropriate doses, acetaminophen (US)/paracetamol (rest of the world) is safest, ibuprofen second. You hear a lot about Tylenol overdoses simply because it's taken so much more often than anything else.
2016-03-28 23:00:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
ibuprofen is a muscle relaxant and is best used for sprains and muscle related pain.
2007-03-07 14:00:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋