by iceblink on January 3rd, 2008

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I'm worried that I'm getting tolerant to ibuprofen. For years I took two 200mg tablets at a time for headaches, etc. But a year ago or so I noticed that they didn't have much effect, so I started taking 3 at a time. I rarely take more than 9 a day.

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by seveninch on January 3rd, 2008
under doctors advice you can with their permission take 3 400mg 3 times a day in safety. But no more than that, and also you should not take paracetamol with ibrobrufen as this could cause an overdose.
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- Actually my doctor tells me to take ibuprofen and paracetamol when I'm in a lot of pain, and/or very sick.
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  by Carmella on January 3rd, 2008
- I wonder if I should switch to a different painkiller so that I don't become more tolerant to ibuprofen?
  
  BTW I did ask my nurse practitioner about this and she poo-pooed my concern and said I could take 6 at a time if I wanted to.
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by iVanish on April 17th, 2008
i think i got tolerant to that stuff years ago. i was prescribed ibuprofen 600mg tabs once and taking three wouldn't even get rid of a regular old headache. (not a migraine- a regular headache.) i pretty much have to suffer whenever i'm in pain now. so yeah, it's definitely possible.
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by lady fulwood on January 18th, 2008
iv had headaches all my life and yes it used to work for me too but rarely does now. i think tolerance is building up. and i would never take more than 400mg at a time. but i find taking 500mg paracetamol and 200 ibuprofen works very well indeed. im not sure if thats allowed tho.
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