Should We Now Avoid Ibuprofen.?

[HansUrbancka]

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[alavahalf]

If you read about the side effects of some medication and worried about it, it would stop you taking them at all.
I had some medication a short time ago that warned
" May reduce or stop breathing .. or possibly cause death" !
.. I still took them and lived to tell the tale ..
It was Oxycontin by the way.

[sunny-dave]

237 - you've picked out one small part of a long answer - my comments were germane to the whole issue of taking NSAIDs including the side effects on increased heart attack.

Baldric - I will answer (despite knowing that you're just baiting me) - I was a senior executive in the NHS with much experience in evaluating the safety of drugs and how they were used on Patient Pathways - I'm not a medic, but I do know what I'm talking about.

[ducksie]

How does one evaluate the safety of drugs with no medical history? just curious

[Mamyalynne]

You have to hope your prescriber does know your history before putting you on a medication over a long period.

It's harder of course with otc meds such as some like Ibuprofen.

[sunny-dave]

You read the reports, weigh the evidence, ask the medics to explain anything you don't understand and work with them to come to a decision. An informed and conscientious lay person can often be a key part of this type of decision making - the ability to see the wood for the trees.

[237SJ]

http://www.sja.org.uk/sja/first-aid-advice/what-to-do-as-a-first-aider/how-to-assess-a-casualty/the-secondary-survey.aspx

[ducksie]

Thanks S-D, I didn't know how that would work

[sunny-dave]

I don't need to 'make it up' - the NHS is indeed currently off to hell in a handcart.

Unfortunately for our corvid friend this started in 2011/12, the precise point at which I (and hundreds like me) who had worked for a pittance to drive standards up were driven out of the NHS by the dogma driven Tory reforms of that year.

Waiting lists at an all time low (so low that Private Medical Care was all but moribund) and throughput at an all time high - that was our legacy - the last 4 years have been heartbreaking as we all watch our work being squandered for ideological, profit driven reasons.

[Baldric]

@20:51,
how disingenuous of you, I was merely asking a simple question.

[pastafreak]

Another thread slowly disintegrates into a petty sniping match. :-(