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by hn_user82179 24 days ago
I'm grateful for you mentioning this. I grew up with ibuprofen as my default painkiller without really thinking of it too much but am about to do PRP which requires no NSAIDs for a week prior and 3 months after - but they do allow/recommend Tylenol as an alternative, especially for the post-procedure pain. I just would've assumed it was a sufficiently good substitute that I could treat them equivalently but now i know to be very careful about tracking how many I'm taking each day
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Nsaids are dangerous in all sorts of other ways, kidney, gut lining. Pain medications that work and are safe seem to all be highly addictive.