What is your favorite painkiller?

[Oynox]

Everyone has his favorite, right? While some may feel adverse effects of paracetamol, others have digestive problems using acetylsalicylic acid.

I prefer using ibuprofen for moderate pain. If I have a heavy headache or a strong hangover, I tend to use a cocktail of paracetamol + acetylsalicyl acid + caffeine, a combination used against acute migraine attacks usually. It works quite fast because caffeine accelerates the absorption of the NSAIDs.

Have you experience with other, less known painkillers which have few adverse effects? Or don't you take any? I had a friend who took none unless he really had to because of very strong fever.

 

[Masquerade Overture]

Death.

 

[gforguava]

Righteous indignation.

 

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[badboy78660]

I tend to shy away from 'scripts. If I've got a bumpin' headache or something, I usually just light up a joint.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

 

[Claude Kenni]

Hydromorphone or oxycodone

 

[Soul Unison]

Ibuprofen or asprin, I guess?

They're what I tend to grab if I feel I need something.

 

[qaopjlll]

Oxycodone has been a life saver for me when I've had kidney stones

 

[johancruijff]

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Beat me faster than a bullet

 

[Deleted member 1086]

Been primarily using Aleve for many years now, it works so why bother using something else?

 

[ironcreed]

A few shots of Jagermeister or 1800 Tequila does the trick.

 

[capitalCORN]

Shame. Wait, that makes it worse.

 

[Linkura]

Ibuprofen.

 

[Benz On Dubz]

I was hospitalized with this banging ass headache a few years ago. The doctors gave me some fioricet (butalbital). It's like a barbiturate, caffeine, and acetaminophen.

That did the trick. Wouldn't mind having a few of those on reserve.

Otherwise, I generally find Naproxen works well for me.

 

[Vimes]

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Came for this, good show.

 

[Powdered Egg]

Weed. I was high during a bad fall down the stairs. The pain was terrible but not as bad as it should have been.

 

[Oynox]

Hydromorphone or oxycodone

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But you don't use those against headaches or similar right? Those are really heavy ones rarely used around here because they are highly addictive.

Weed. I was high during a bad fall down the stairs. The pain was terrible but not as bad as it should have been.

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I wished that was allowed here

 

[Bebop242]

Ibuprofen and Judas Priest cover the bases for me.

 

[Puck Beaverton]

whiskey

 

[Indy in the Fridge]

Percogesic. Old school back pain reliever that's an OTC muscle relaxer. Great stuff.

 

[Studge]

I take Fiorinal for my migraines and other severe headaches. It's a combo of a barbiturate, aspirin, caffeine, and codeine. I've been growing a tolerance for it over the years though so I need to go to the weed store and get some edibles or a maybe a vaporizer that I can use when I'm at home because it might work just as well and then I could take less pills.

 

[OsakaDon]

I think if you have a favorite painkiller you have a problem.
I only take a painkiller if I really really need it. You should not resort to drugs so quickly. Unless you have some kind of serious clinical problem of course.

 

[Akira86]

oxytocin

 

[Oynox]

I think if you have a favorite painkiller you have a problem.
I only take a painkiller if I really really need it. You should not resort to drugs so quickly. Unless you have some kind of serious clinical problem of course.

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Well it was meant jokingly. Of course you should not eat painkillers like chocolate, but I think most people tend to use one specific one if they have to. Either because it works better, they are used to it or whatever.

Standard painkillers like aspirin, paracetamol and ibuprofen are not that bad for your health, fortunately, unless you take them for a long time they can damage your liver. Also, your stomach, arguable the most sensible organ of the body, gets really fucked up by too many medications which can have huge effects on your well being of course. Opioids are highly addictive so that is another story.

 

[chrisPjelly]

Hearing nonsensical news like Ryan Reynolds being cast as Pikachu

 

[sugar bear]

kratom

 

[How About No]

I only ever use Ibuprofin

 

[iphys]

Tylenol because most NSAIDs give me aspirin-induced asthma and cause inflammation throughout my body.

 

[RazorbackDB]

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Truth

 

[djplaeskool]

Naproxen/Aleve

 

[Transistor]

Alcohol

 

[ascii42]

Ibuprofen's the only one I keep handy. Don't use any often enough to have a basis for comparison.

Paracetamol/acetaminophen is a bad idea for a hangover, since it's processed by the liver. NSAIDs are the better option.

 

[Camoxide]

Ibuprofen

Paracetamol does nothing.

 

[wizard]

Gorilla Glue #4

 

[Burai]

Morphine. It's my favourite part of being in hospital!

 

[Christian]

Dilaudid.

 

[jon bones]

A couple Advil does the trick. Trying not to do drugs anymore.

 

[Prolepro]

Nothing. Pain is the only thing I have left to feel in the yawning abysm of an apathetic existence.

Spoiler

Ibuprofen works

 

[Crayons]

Uhh, morphine.

I try to stay away from it though. Haven't used it in like...3 months?

 

[Lonewulfeus]

Had Percocet after getting my tonsils out, it didn't kill my pain at all. Worthless

 

[_swee_]

When I had multiple surgeries last year, doctors gave me so much oxy. I have multiple bottles worth. They definitely made the pain tolerable

 

[dmoe]

Tramadol

 

[JustAnotherMike]

I just take an Advil for random injuries or when I get my braces adjusted.

 

[FireSafetyBear]

I don't feel pain

 

[DeathyG]

400 mg of Ibuprofen always does the trick.

 

[EMM]

Ibuprofen + Tylenol

 

[Kayo Police]

That Molly Percocet

 

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PERCOCET MOLLY PE damn kayo beat me.

Neocitran, bron, morphine.

 

[hurroocane]

Ibuprofen works wonders for me. Cheap, super effective for any kind of pain - I LOVE it.

I tried paracetamol a couple of times because it's so much cheaper but it doesn't seem to work for me. At all.

I took Palladone ( hydromorphone ) once and it completely knocked me out for 48 hours and I don't think that was supposed to happen.. so... not doing that again.