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cheers, 400mg three times per day sounds a little more reasonable.
It's for my knee - I've been to the physio already (and have another appmnt this week) and i'm doing stretches, foam rolling and glute exercises, as well as nightly massages from wife but have been told that an NSAID (such as ibuprofen) will be helpful too.
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Ah yea then they probably mean stick to pedestrian doses and placebos. You can't 'overdose' on it*, and it will take months/years for negative effects on your organs - our contemporary lifestyle puts more of a strain on those organs than a NSAID anyway.
(*you can, but not easily and not like with other forms of drugs)
Go for 400's for two weeks and if there's no improvement double the dose for a week to see if it helps. Reality is after one month you shouldn't need to continue use unless it is a really bad long term injury.
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FWIW the forum doctor suggested to me last summer that NSAIDs are not a good idea; as the inflammation is part of the healing process so you should just let it happen unless its seriously impacting your ability to do things
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Try to take the ibuprofen with food, can mess with stomach and cause ulcers if you're taking a lot for an extended period.
pdlouche
branwen
hamrack
If you don't want to go to your GP then err on caution.
Go to a pharmacy, ask for the stronger stuff (400mg or whatever they have) and take three times a day. Ibuprofen is marginally less hazardous than Paracetamol over extended periods but try to stick to lower doses unless symptoms persist.
What muscles? Is there physio to aid recovery?
Remember that it'll take a few days or a week to really notice the difference, but if it persists then you need a specialist not the forum experts.