Had a headache all weekend long…

[LuFins Dad]

We had Tylenol in the travel kit, I took it several times to little/no effect.

Got home and I took two ibuprofen and it’s gone in 15 minutes. Does that mean it’s likely muscular based? Not really getting why anti inflammatory would have such a quick effect.

[Aqua Letifer]

@LuFins-Dad said in Had a headache all weekend long…:

We had Tylenol in the travel kit, I took it several times to little/no effect.

Got home and I took two ibuprofen and it’s gone in 15 minutes. Does that mean it’s likely muscular based? Not really getting why anti inflammatory would have such a quick effect.

Docs would know better than me but I get frequent headaches and ibuprofin's all that ever works.

[George K]

@LuFins-Dad said in Had a headache all weekend long…:

We had Tylenol in the travel kit, I took it several times to little/no effect.

Got home and I took two ibuprofen and it’s gone in 15 minutes. Does that mean it’s likely muscular based? Not really getting why anti inflammatory would have such a quick effect.

Possible that the muscle was getting inflamed - most headaches are "tension" headaches with no serious pathology.

Acetaminophen has nothing but analgesic properties. However, gotta wonder about relative potencies. A gram of acetaminophen is a pretty good analgesic.

But hey, if it worked....

[Jolly]

Ibuprofen works better for me, when it comes to minor pain.

Tylenol works better for the wife.

Go figure...

[89th]

Ibuprofen works best for me, too

[George K]

Naproxen vs Ibuprofen...any preference?

(We used to give ibuprofen IV. Don't know if that's still being done)