• WalnutLum@lemmy.ml
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    7 hours ago

    My point is that comparatively, acetaminophen is (or at least was) the safest drug for light pain.

    I haven’t seen any new categories of painkiller that would indicate that’s no longer the case, though.

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      2 hours ago

      So what’s the deal with ibuprofen, naproxen, and aspirin? Seems every time the subject may come up with a doctor, they say ibuprofen to me (last time it came up was when I had to pass a kidney stone, and boy I think I could’ve used an opiate for that one time…).

      Certainly a dramatic swing from 15 years ago when having a sonewhat sore throat during a physical landed me a prescription for opiate cough syrup…