I have had a fever/cold last few days and went to the doctor, told me to take a few days off work and rest. He didn't subscribed me with any medicine, but I have been taking Nurofen for the last few days " max 6 Daily" and my stomach hs been getting pins and needles same spot from consume the pills, It's not unbearable but enough to get me worried.I never had an issue with these pills, could it be something else?
Does Nurofen cause stomach pain?
DEvok on 11/08/2016 - 18:10
Last edited 11/08/2016 - 18:11
Last edited 11/08/2016 - 18:11
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Nurofen is a brand name for the drug ibuprofen. Google side effects and see if any match (from memory, it can cause stomach ulcers). You could probably switch to panadol or panadol with codiene, talk to a pharmacist.
Yep, Mrs was having issues, turned out it was stomach ulcers brought on by daily Neurofen.
OP, see a doctor, explain the pain, tell them about the neurofen. It's likely you have stomach ulcers.
Probably not stomach ulcers which is a serious condition that needs diagnosis by endoscopy and follow-up (gastric ulcers are not diagnosed by chatting to someone). Gastric ulcers can lead to cancer and to even suggest this is pretty silly. If you didn't have an endoscopy, you aren't diagnosed with an ulcer.
More often it's "gastritis" that occurs after short term ibuprofen use, or simply inflammation of stomach tissue. Besides possible local irritant effect, gastritis is caused by the COX2 mechanism, Ibuprofen is a COX2 inhibitor which is great for inflammation, but COX2 signal pathway is required for mucosa production from gastric cells in stomach which protects it from your own acid. Too many days on ibuprofen, and you may end up without enough protection from your own acid. If I prescribe an NSAID (which ibuprofen is one of) for prolonged use, I usually include gastric protection.
Spackbace: I would strongly suggest not giving medical advice or even suggesting a diagnosis if you're not a doctor.
As written elsewhere OP: see your GP. There is no place on any internet forum really to ponder a medical diagnosis. It's fine to discuss your experiences, it's fine to discuss your problems, but talking about diagnosis over internet is unlikely to resolve or help. I see so many patients in my room coming in with all kinds of interesting theories that they have "googled", most often they have scared themselves unnecessarily silly into thinking something serious is going on.
If nothing else has changed that could otherwise explain the abdo pain then it's worthwhile switching to something that contains paracetamol instead.
If you must take nurofen/ibuprofen for whatever reason, take them with food to lessen gastric side effects.
You should take ibuprofen after consuming food. Also my doctor suggests that talking ibuprofen with something like zantac can help avoid issues.
There are two different pathways for GI side effects with Anti-inflammatories
Local irritant (stomach upsets), this happens more with aspirin and others e.g. naproxen (Naprogesic) and happens pretty much straight after having it. Most people don't get this so taking it with food is not the best idea for everyone as it will decrease the speed of stomach emptying and absorb slower (I want relief quick)
After absorption it has a systemic side effect which could lead to other stomach effects such as ulcers etc. This usually happens after prolonged use. Having with food has no effect as this happens after it is already in your blood stream
Ibuprofen works better if the painful area is actually swollen, and it works better if taken with or just after food.
GO AND SEE THE DOCTOR!!! (and stop reading this thread)
Also read packaging. It does say do not take in conjunction with stomach pains and may cause stomach ulcers.
Just take a sample group of prolonged users (ie pro athletes) and expose them to such anti inflammatory drugs and you will find your answer… Actually many athletes retire not from injury, but their secondary problems from these things. Take em in small doses, always with food. Go see a Dr.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/29/sports/pro-basketball-heal…
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