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    If those bottles are sold as a pair and each has 500 pills, 1000 pills is more than a hospital grade package in my country.

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      Isn’t 800mg Rx-only? If they’re doing it under their doctor’s supervision, then that’s their business.

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        Technically it’s prescription only. In reality if you ask a random group of men there’s always someone with a bottle. Around military bases it’s even worse because the military just throws the 800mg pills at everything.

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          I don’t know what military life is like, but that hasn’t been my experience as a civie. Most men I know wouldn’t go to the doctor for something mild enough that it could be treated with ibuprofen.

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    Honestly I think the Americans have it right, here.

    You end up taking fewer painkillers of you start taking them early and get ahead of the pain. If you wait until the pain is already severe, you end up taking more.

    Idk why this happens, it’s info I got from a nurse, and intuitively it feels right.

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    I agree with the sentiment but are 200mg common where you live? Here in Germany I always get 400mg packs.

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      It’s about the perceived drug use (namely ecstasy) within the electronic music scene. Amsterdam, because of its ports and proximity to western Europe, became a hub for typically higher quality drugs.

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    Hi. American here with atypical trigeminal neuralgia.

    I don’t even bother with analgesics for anything at this point. You hit 10 on the pain scale enough times and anything below 6 you mostly shrug off.

    Unless I stub my toe. That shit hurts like a motherfucker.

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    It’s always amusing how you can read Dutch with some difficulty by combining German and English.

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    This is so so so so true. Americans especially ww take more ibuprofen and excedrin in a month than surely you should in a lifetime.

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    i had to take 3.2g of ibuprofen for years before i got my gout under control. then like magic, naproxen actually starting working for me. now its just 600mg of that for the same effect

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    Americans just tell you it’s a slight headache. In reality their back is so screwed up it’s going to require surgery but they can’t afford that and complaining about actual pain is strictly forbidden in American men.

    So we take 200 400 800 1600 Motrin, with some bourbon, and ignore it as best as we can.

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    My girlfriend always makes fun that in Germany chamomile tea is the go to painkiller and only if that doesn’t help the pills come out. It was one of her strongest culture-shocks she didn’t anticipate before coming to Europe

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    Europeans be like: “I’m just gonna take a half tablet, don’t want to get dependent on this stuff”

    Meanwhile, Americans:

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        I wonder if this is also one of those genetic things like cilantro, because ibuprofen tastes nasty as fuck to me. Like “bitter and my tongue wants to cut itself off to stop the taste even after a drink” nasty.

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          Just depends on the manufacturer. Unless you’re comparing with different people from the same bottle.

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        I dunno. When i take the pill ibruprofen its the most sour thing ever. You can literally see the face muscles of someone taking it contracting.

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        Don’t be fooled, they put a sugar coating around the OTC stuff. Instant release Adderall on the other hand… that shit tastes pretty good

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          I switched pharmacies and holy shit do the different Adderall generics taste different. I’m stuck now with the Meijer pharmacy because I can’t go back to the bitter vomit-inducing crap I was getting at Rite Aid.

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    I had a tooth surgically removed a few years back, took 90 min, and I got strong paracetamol and even a small pack of morphine.

    I never used the morphine, I keep it sealed at home if I need it.

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        Oh absolutely, that doesn’t mean it won’t work though, probably less effective though…

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          We kept my wife’s after she had our baby until one of my cousins casually asked if we still had it. We tossed it so quick and got worried someone might be addicted and would find it in our bathroom mirror thing.

          The smart thing might have been to stash it somewhere else to have it in case we end up in an natural disaster or something you always see the people in the movies going through houses finding useful meds. But we just got worried

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            With a reaction like that I suspect there was some other indicators as well.

            I know I have a bit of an addictive personality, I actively refuse gambling since I know I can get caught up in it.

            I did open the package up, I wanted to see the mythical pills, but I felt uncomfortable with the package being unsealed and wanted a bigger barrier to have to pass through if I wanted the pills. So I resealed the pack with tape and have had no issues since.

            As for right now, they are only for when I am in so much pain that I can’t do anything useful.

            None in my family has ever asked about it other than to check up on me when I first got it, I live alone so it is a valid concern.

            I got it back in 2020/2021 and it remains resealed and unused.