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[–] [email protected] 102 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (11 children)

My poor european mind cannot understand the industrial bottle of 1000 ibuprofen tablets for a household.

Here they sell you packs of 20 tablets or something like that.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Well but you do get health care with that, so instead of treating symptoms with ever larger doses of increasingly potent painkillers you have hopes of a more structural solution.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Would you rather buy 15 pills for $15 or 500 pills for the same price? That's why we buy the mega bottles.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago (9 children)

Well I can buy a pack of 16 in Tesco for £0.39

So we're actually paying pretty close to the same amount per pill, just in smaller packs.

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[–] LouNeko 12 points 1 week ago

The shocking part is, the whole bottle is like $2.

[–] Frozengyro 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

When you buy a bottle of 1000 for around 15 bucks, and it lasts you a decade.... Amazing!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Ibuprofen probably isn’t stable for a decade. Then again, apparently no one knows for sure! Studies pick an arbitrary amount of time to test and then call that the shelf life if it remains usable. So far it doesn’t seem anyone has had the patience to test the absolute shelf life of ibuprofen

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[–] PolyLlamaRous 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Advil is the main brand name for this. I always buy a bottle and other pills when I'm in the US. It is way more than I need but what I like is all the US pills look different. I always have a little mixed bottle of Advil, Pepto Bismol (fixes everything stomach related), anti-histamine pills... with me for when I need them. You can mix them all together and still tell the difference between them. That's what I don't like about the European blister packs of unidentifable white pills. That and I hate blister packs. It is also cheaper to buy a bottle. But to be clear, I get like a bottle of 50 or 100. Advil is also enteric coated so it is better for your stomach and tastes better (it's slightly sweet).

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Came here to say the same thing, like WTF, why would you need a jar of 500

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[–] guy_threepwood 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

But the blister packs we get can’t be tampered with 🤷‍♂️

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Burger: No wrong way to swallow, feels more legit on the 'ol tongue, twice the quantity of "value size"

[–] RememberTheApollo_ 38 points 1 week ago (10 children)

ITT everyone talking about liver damage? It’s tylenol that is harder on the liver. Ibuprofen is harder on the kidneys. Yeah, you can mess with your liver if you take too much ibuprofen, too.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Also stomach; NSAIDs like ibuprofen and aspirin can cause stomach ulcers, especially if taken on an empty stomach or with alcohol

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 week ago (5 children)

I like the kind that comes in a liquid gel cap so it works faster.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Agreed, though the weird alchemy of it makes me less sweaty (but why?)

[–] Lowpast 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

A known side effect of Ibuprofen (and most NSAIDs) is sweating, so the faster release tabs that aren't in your system as long and thus clear out faster, dont have that aide effect... maybe

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[–] HootinNHollerin 25 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Be careful taking ibuprofen often it’ll cause issues with your intestines like diverticulitis which landed me in the hospital and has greatly restricted my diet and ability to drink alcohol

[–] Jyrdano 19 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Also damage your stomach and your kidneys if you abuse them daily long enough time.

People pop those like M&Ms and not realize that prescription free drugs are still drugs with all their side effect.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

So ibuprofen and acetaminophen are weak ass pain killers that do all the damage of alcohol with none of the fun.

As far as my ancestors were concerned I'm supposed to be drunk, chewing willow and maybe having a bit of opium for nap time.

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[–] Machinist 16 points 1 week ago (6 children)

I like mine jello shot style. (2-4 every night, chronic pain management and healthcare sucks in America.)

[–] SirHery 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Rip your kidneys and liver.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Hot dog goes down easier. I find it easier to swallow a weenie shape than a ball shape.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 week ago

The trick is to alternate between the weenie and the balls

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago (7 children)

Man you have some massive painkiller bottles. Biggest I've seen in a drug store had like 30 tablets

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's for the arthritis I get from constantly fucking posting memes. At this point I'm wondering if I have a life; I can't imagine what you guys think

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

We are very proud of you. You are doing valuable work

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

They also use it as full treatment instead of going to the doctors.

[–] suchwin 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I buy mine from the bulk store bc it's like the same price for 500 pills vs 30 from a normal drug store. I never finish them before the expiration, but whatever

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[–] General_Effort 13 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Americans may be seeing serious savings in that picture.

I am seeing serious evolutionary pressure on liver genetics.

[–] Mcdolan 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Nah, Americans are seeing a slight dulling of the pain to get through the day.

Got bills to pay and mouths to feed, there ain't no safety net to catch ya when your name whatever hurts and needed surgery a decade ago.

Take your pain killers and caffeine and get to work you lazy scum.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago (3 children)

You're thinking acetaminophen

[–] TwentySeven 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They're probably thinking paracetamol

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[–] Fredselfish 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Why would ever need that many??

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Inflammation pain that doctors won't fucking help with. Buy in bulk and then you won't run out for a year or so.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago

Relief is temporary. Pain is forever.

[–] son_named_bort 10 points 1 week ago

To give to trick or treaters.

[–] kameecoding 9 points 1 week ago

Liver damage

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[–] FelixCress 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Do you run a hospital or something with this volume?

[–] Agent641 6 points 1 week ago

This is just for the weekend

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Never understood all the hate. Sometimes I actually crave that weird-ass flavor.

[–] Alxe 11 points 1 week ago

That's the origin of the hate: addiction to meds.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

For people looking for a reason for large bottles other than less frequent purchases. Large bottles with many pills produces less waste than the same number of pills in multiple containers.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

Hamburger style. I'm not picky tho.

[–] InSamsara 5 points 1 week ago
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