| Key to ratings for motrin: 5-Very Satisfied: this medicine cured me or helped me a great deal. 4-Satisfied: this medicine helped. 3-Somewhat Satisfied: this medicine helped somewhat. 2-Not Satisfied: this medicine did not work to my satisfaction. 1-Dissatisfied: I would not recommend taking this medicine. |
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| 5 | pain, inflammation | None until I over-used it, and now if I take it my guts are sore for three days afterward. | Ibuprofen is the best NSAID I have used. Unfortunately I over-used it (in an anti-inflammatory regimen on the recommendation of my doctor) and developed a sensitivity to it so that if I take more than 400 mg or so I have lower abdominal soreness for three days afterward. I still use it occasionally for severe pain as it's the only OTC painkiller that I can count on to really knock out the inflammation. | F | 23 | 10 days | 1/1/2010 | 4 | depression | Helps boost my Zoloft response for depression without triggering anxiety unresponsive to Zoloft. I would take Cymbalta, which works similar to NSAIDS, but that would make me too hyper. I take a small dose of Lithium Carbonate at night to make sure the Motrin doesn't give me the stomach nasties and to make sure the Motrin doesn't turn up the borderline hyperthyroid and make me anxious and nervous. I do have back spasms. That's why I discovered how Cox-2 inhibitors are serotonin and norepinephrine enhancers and actually boost an antidepessant's effects. No wonder I had a depression-free summer. I was taking Motrin for back spasms and was wondering why I was feeling better than I have had in four years. | For those who have anxiety, depression, and mood swings, please keep in mind that Motrin can deplete folic acid and that *can* lead to depression. You may try folic acid rich foods to see if that may be the problem. Over time I eat lots of folic acid foods but find that they make me hyper, so I also get a plus from Ibuprofen's anti-folate effect. I have high blood histamine that is worsened by folic acid. | F | 45 | 5 months | 11/16/2009 | 3 | Severe Menstrual cramps from IBS | none. | It helps some of the pain from severe cramps but that's it. | F | 26 | 7 days | 11/6/2009 | 2 | back/neck pain | I had an increase in gas/bloating, hemorrhoid pain, and bruising. I've had bouts of vertigo, ringing in the ears, and nausea. | F | 48 | 10 days | 8/11/2009 | 3 | inflammation post hysterectomy | After taking for 3 weeks it as prescribed 3x daily after a total hysterectomy, I developed significant stomach upset and chronic heartburn (which I've never had before). I did not how hard Motrin can be on the stomach until I looked on the web. Wish I had known. I don't think my post surgical pain was much from inflammation, so I could have stopped it sooner, or just taken a lower dose, like Advil. | F | 51 | 25 days | 6/23/2009 | 5 | rheumatoid arthritis | malabsorption, pernicious anemia, GERD | I have taken 800 mg 3x a day for 27 years-yes,27. From time to time the doctor would make me try another NSAID but Motrin has always been by far the most effective w/ inflammation. I would sometimes forget I had arthritis (dx'd at age 16) but if I didn't take the motrin, after a couple of days literally could not move. Never had any obvious side effects-HOWEVER...recently after long and winding series of tests discovered I have GERD (no heartburn, didn't know this was possible, but diagnosed via endoscopy) which caused complete lack of B12, neurological damage in legs, and various other GI issues including slightly enlarged liver (and I am a non-drinker). Who knew? Sad, though because now I have to find another NSAID and Motrin just worked so well. | F | 43 | 27 days | 6/14/2009 | 2 | Severe Lower Back Pain | Headache and stomach pains | I've been taking 800mg tablets and as the medicine starts wearing off I get a headache that doesn't go away untill I take another tablet. I also get occasional stomach pains that come really fast and go away really fast. It's odd. | F | 39 | 4 days | 6/8/2009 | 1 | post cesarean abdomninal abscess | I had ongoing abdominal pain after my abscess healed, but kept taking motrin for the pain. After a CT Scan & colonoscopy, it was discovered that the extended motrin use had caused inflammation in my large intestine. As soon as I stopped taking ibuprofen to treat the pain, the pain stopped completely. I felt 100 times better within a week. | None of my doctors warned me about prolonged motrin use. I thought it was safer than narcotics with a new baby. I only thought to mention it to my GI specialist after my nurse friend warned me that I had been taking it too long. It is really dangerous to take it regularly for extended periods of time. | F | 35 | 5 months | 4/24/2009 | 2 | Knee injury | the first day or two, just had the water retention, now severe vertigo which can't be attributed to anything else | F | 46 | 4 days | 4/13/2009 | 4 | Wisdom Teeth and Head Pain | Very mild Dysphasia, cannot concentrate on typing that well or any common task, lose track of thoughts easily. | Works good and I like how it doesnt give you the high feeling like Vicoden does but the dysphasia bothers me the most but not too much. | M | 17 | 3 weeks | 3/26/2009 | 3 | shoulder pain, arthritic | mild relief in a.m. when it is intense. On motrin 600 mg daily as needed | Unusual nosebleeds. Stopped, but will try again. | F | 70 | 3 days | 2/17/2009 | 1 | pain | Anxiety, depression, insomnia. Anger and weepiness. On 800+ mg/day per doctor's order for pain flare-ups. Also taking maintenance oxycontin and oxyIR and Lyrica for osteo pain. | Very sneaky drug. Rxlist.com shows 1% or fewer taking Motrin get anxiety, depression, and insomnia. No one would suspect an nsaid could do this, but I finally figured it out. No more Motrin for me! | F | 54 | 3 months | 1/31/2009 | 2 | plantar fasciitis | After two weeks of being on 800mg three times a day I became very bloated. I'm normally a size 6 and had to wear size 10. I was suppose to stay on it 3 X's a day for three weeks, however, I would rather deal with the pain than have stomach problems not to mention I wasn't sleeping well. | F | 48 | 2 weeks | 1/23/2009 | 5 | broken ribs | none | F | 42 | 9 days | 1/21/2009 | 4 | pain from possible staph infection | Certainly nausea, copious gas and I guess accompanying bloatedness; maybe some sleep interruption. | Seems surely to relieve the pain and burning sensation at the infection site. So much so that I mistakenly think the wound area is better healed than it really is. Pain relief? Great, so far. Side effects? Jury is still out -- its been only 2.5 days. | M | 50 | 2.5 days | 12/2/2008 | 3 | fever | F | 20 | 2 days | 11/2/2008 | 1 | Severe back pain... | Terrible stomach aches. | After I had my baby, I suffered from severe back pains. I was prescribed this to reduce pain in my back, but it did NOTHING. All it did was give me terrible stomach aches. It didn't touch the pain at all. It was a joke medicine to me. I have switched to Flexeril, which is working wonders. | F | 22 | 14 days | 9/25/2008 | 5 | Absessed Tooth | None-I usually eat before I take it, so I am not sure how it would be on empty stomach. | 600 motrin and 500 tylenol killed the pain, exept at night time. If I took it Tylenol PM with the Motrin early enough I can actually get some sleep | F | 29 | 5 days | 8/25/2008 | 3 | Post-hysterectomy pain | Nausea, headache | I took 600 mg every six hours for almost six days. The first three days it worked great. Day four I had nausea and a headache. Day five I switched back to Darvocet-N for temporary relief to get a break from the Motrin. Day six I tried the Motrin again -- nausea despite taking with food and the headache was worse than ever. Tomorrow, I'll go without. If I get a bad bought of pain, I'll try regular strength acetaminophen (Tylenol) instead. | F | 49 | 6 days | 8/21/2008 | 5 | Osteoarthritis | Slight stomach upset, slight dizziness | Motrin in prescription form is Ibuprofen in a large 800 mg dose. The large 800 mg dose worked well for me but b/c of the stomach upset, I take Advil or Motrin IB over the counter(same medicene, lower dosage). It comes in 200mgs so I can take the smallest effective dose. Taking the smaller dose helps a little with the stomach upset. The smaller dose took away the dizziness as well. | F | 31 | 5 years | 7/22/2008 | 1 | knee, hip and back pain | SEVERE stomach pain. Ringing in ears. Some dizziness, but the worst was the stomach pain and nasea. | This isn't fit to take. All docs want to do is push medication, rather than actually fix the root cause of the problem. I never didn't take the med, even after the doc prescribed because I don't like to take any sort of medication. But the pain got so bad, I gave in and took one 800 mg. pill on a full stomach. Was fine for about 8 hours, but then had horrible stomach pain and nasea for 20 hours-plus after taking just one pill. | F | 45 | 1 times | 5/25/2008 | 3 | Shoulder strain/injury | Bad constipation, gas. I had to to take Metamucil. A high-fiber diet did not do the trick. | I was prescribed 800mg to take 3 times a day for 2 weeks. It took a week before I felt some relief. With what sounds like a high dosage, I expected it to work better. My first time taking it was over 25 years ago (I believe it was pretty new on the market then) when I got severe menstrual cramps. Back then, I would have rated it a 5. It worked FAST, and I don't remember side effects. But I just took it the first or second day of my cycle, and I think I only took one each day. About 6 years ago I was prescribed Motrin to ease the "killer cramps" I got occasionally which was related to a previous major surgery even years earlier. It was like eating candy. It did NOTHING. I would have given it a 1 for that. My doctor gave me Vicodin instead when I said Motrin wasn't strong enough. (Vicodin WORKED) Also, since the cramps were so bad, it'd make me throw up. That would make me not only throw up the food I was to to take Motrin with, but up would come the medication as | F | 46 | 2 weeks | 5/24/2008 | 5 | Menstrual cramps | none | Motrin tends to work better than Tylenol for menstrual cramps. | F | 18 | 4/28/2008 | 1 | Rheumatoid Arthritis. joint pain | high blood pressure | Never had a blood pressure problem until I began taking this drug on a regular basis to control pain/inflammation. This NSAID is definitely not for me! | F | 45 | 4 months | 4/16/2008 | 1 | plantar fasciitis | severe cramping in upper abdomen | After taking 800mg motrin every 8hrs for two weeks, my plantar fasciitis was better but I developed a severe pain in my right upper abdomen. So severe that I went to the emergency room and ended up having my appendix removed and IT WASNT MY APPENDIX!!!I will never take a drug again unless it is a life threatening reason to do so. | F | 50 | 2 weeks | 3/31/2008 | 4 | fever | peeling of skin on hands | after 6 days of giving my son motrin for a fever noticed skin was peeling from his hands. Bottom of the soles of his feet also very dry. | M | 7 | 5 days | 3/23/2008 | 5 | tendonitus bursitus shoulder | If I take 800mg on an empty stomach it will give me a bad stomach ache. | Motrin is better for me than even any perscription painkiller I have taken. It reduced the inflamation in my shoulder enough so I could sleep at night and have so far avoided surgery. After suffering with debilitating pain in my shoulder while 9 months pregnant I was thrilled when I had my baby and could take Motrin.(You cannot take it in the third trimester of pregnancy due to blood thinning) | F | 33 | 2 months | 2/19/2008 | 4 | Severe migranes | upper stomach (ribcage) type pain, bloated feeling, gas - very uncomfortable. appitite gain, depression | Worked great, but 6 hours later left a feeling of nausea or pain in abdomen and stomach. It brought back my feeling of depression. | F | 15 | 2 weeks | 1/4/2008 | 1 | Absessed Tooth | Horrible Cramps, Gas, Diarreah, Vomiting, Nausea, Headache, Neack Ache, Sleeping Problems | Horrible drug, Destroys the stomach. | F | 15 | 2 days | 12/5/2007 | 3 | severe menstrual cramps | none | Worked well with my cramps, but I didn't like that it only lasted 4-6 hours. This meant I would be waking up at 1 or 2 in the morning with pain. Not fun! | F | 15 | 4 days | 7/5/2007 | 5 | herniated disk in my neck, hedaches | On an empty stomach, some cramping, | I love this! Nothing else helped with the pain. Would not go back to anything else.I've been taking this form 6 years. | F | 44 | 6 years | 3/16/2007 | 1 | Back Pain | I took one 800 Mg Motrin for 2 days and it greatly relieved the pain of a low backache. On the 3rd day I begin to get a very sick background headache. On the 4th day, it was horrific, far worse than the debilitating back ache. | Can anyone explain to me why a medication that is suppose to relieve pain, even headaches, causes such a terrible "explosive" type of headache...........not a "pounding" headache? | F | 55 | 4 days | 3/14/2007 | 3 | menstral cramps | headache | F | 38 | 3 days | 1/23/2007 | 3 | Back Pain | If taken on an empty stomach...not good but loss of appetite makes it hard to have a full stomach! Bloating, and very bad gas! It is like some one put a bag of air in my stomach! | M | 25 | 6 days | 12/20/2006 | 1 | Teeth, spine and herinated disks | I had NO idea that motrin was even causing these: severe heart palpitations and acute arrhythmia( resulting in extensive tests over a period of 4 months), extreme difficultly urinating and inability to empty bladder completely, water retention and weight gain, insomnia, shortness of breath leading to hyperventilating and eventually debilitating attacks that at first appeard to be severe panic attacks. | I used both over the counter motrin as well as prescription over a period of about 5 years. It relieved my pain immediately and I trusted that it was not causing any physical damage. The pain was so excruciating that I began taking 4 (over the counter) pills at a time up to 4 and 5 times daily. The symptoms that began in 'side effects' here, developed so gradually that I didn't realize they were being caused by motrin. This past summer has been an absolute horror when these side effects eventually took me to the hospital and MANY tests. Because I had no idea that motrin could be causing any of these accumulating effects, particularly my heart, when I was asked about daily medications, motrin was mentioned in almost casual passing. When I was asked how MUCH I was taking and for how long, serious bells blazed. I no longer take ANYTHING unless I am in VERY great pain, and then only two pills about once a month. I was terrified to NOT be taking motrin because I'd been living with su | F | 59 | 5 years | 10/13/2006 | 5 | perioidc pain and/or inflammation | will upset stomach, few problems if take on full stomach. makes me retain water and i can expect a 2 pound weight gain after i begin taking, goes away when i stop after about one day. | i'm 57 and have had periodic bouts with arthritis, motrin relieves pain and if taken for a few weeks in secession, reduces inflammation. has always given me relief of some sort, also works on headaches. i take 800 mg, to reduce inflammation, i do this 3 times a day for several weeks. i have always eventually returned to a pain free state. i use equate private label ibuprofin now after prescription strength got so expensive. take 4 200 mg at a time on full stomach. this is the only pain medicine i take. i'm glad this works for me and i hope it always does. | F | 57 | 15 years | 8/14/2006 | 1 | Motrin Linked to Stevens Johnson Syndrome | M | 29 | 6/30/2006 | 4 | root canal | burning in the throth as though I was having a bout with heartburns | M | 65 | 2 days | 6/12/2006 | 2 | Injured Shoulder | Difficulty concentrating. Heavy head. Its as if I can feel my brain sloshing around inside my skull (seriously weird). | I can take one 200mg motrin, advil, or ibuprofin and be OK - it does work very well for headache, inflammation. If i take another that, or even the next, day, i get this feeling as tho i'm poisoned, can't think and generally feel bad. I don't know anyone else that gets this was motrin. | M | 39 | 2 days | 5/8/2006 | 1 | headache | as if a hole was drilled in my stomach-but cured headache quickly | took 600 mg | F | 55 | 1 days | 4/13/2006 | 1 | Flu symptoms/joint pain due to Lupu | Upset stomach and acid reflux/heartburn BADLY,constipation, gas, stomach pain | Doesn't help and I am taking more Prevacid than recommended since I started taking Mortin. Don't waste your money. | F | 44 | 30 days | 3/30/2006 | 5 | shoulder arthroscopy | some itching, constipation | Percocet alone did not relieve my severe pain until I also took Motrin. The combo worked extremely well. | M | 65 | 2 days | 2/13/2006 | 4 | stomach pain,hemroids,ear pain | I have been taking prescription motrin 800 mgs for 6 months now, and it helps me, sure is better than tylenol, I take 1 a day or one every other day, its the best for inflamation, i have had less and less, inflamation in my ovaries in the past 6 months. | motrin is very good for inflamation | F | 28 | 6 months | 9/4/2005 | 4 | osteoarthritis pain | Slight stomach irritation if taken on empty stomach. Nothing else noticed. | Have to take 400 to 600 mg dose to make a difference. 200 is worthless. | 10 years | 8/10/2005 | 3 | Joint and Musle Stiffness | Side effects were dizziness, ringing in the ears, extremely stiff neck after stopping Motrin, decreased hearing, irregular menstrual cycles | Read all the side effects before you take this medicine and stay out of the sun. | F | 43 | 5 days | 8/7/2005 | 5 | Rheumatoid Arthritis | None | Taking 800 mg prescription strength (better buffering than the OTC version). Have taken it for years without difficulty, even on an empty stomach -- but your mileage may vary. I almost always take it with meals as a precaution, but when on occasion I can't, I have had no problems. Extremely effective pain relief. | M | 48 | 10 years | 6/23/2005 | 5 | Herniated disk & headache | I take just 2 pills for the herniated disk in the lower back when it moves I'm in pain for a week, taking MOTRIN takes care the pain then after the week is up I feel back to normal, but I then get headaches every day for a few weeks after being off the motrin. The doctor said thats normal due to you body being used to it. So I just took advil and that took care of that. | After reading a few post on here, I don't believe that motrin is for everyone. Some people may be allergic to it? I know when I get any pain, I look for Motrin! | M | 24 | 1 weeks | 6/5/2005 | 2 | musculer-skeletal injury | gastritis, spasming, intense pain, constipation, | These side effects decreased dramatically after I stopped the Motrin. During this time, I went through several invesitgations trying to find the source of the gastrointestinal pain. All tests came back negative. Unfortuneately, these side effects were almost as bad as the pain I was taking the drug for. | F | 57 | 3 weeks | 1/28/2005 | 3 | hemorroid pain | upper stomach (ribcage) type pain, bloated feeling, gas - very uncomfortable. Loss of appetite | F | 37 | 3.5 days | 12/28/2004 | 3 | 12/16/2004 | 1 | Herniated disk | none | This medicine is a joke. I was given this to reduce inflammation after I herniated a disk in my back. I was perscribed 800mg every 6 hours. It was like candy and did nothing for me. | F | 22 | 14 days | 12/16/2004 | 2 | headaches and arthritis | Terrible stomach pain and heart palpitations. | Works well for my husband and 2 kids, but ibuprofen makes me sick. I take Aleve instead, which they don't like, but it works great for me. | F | 47 | 3 times | 9/27/2004 | 1 | Fibromyalgia | Did not help at all. Gained 5 pounds in 3 days, constipation and anger. | F | 53 | 3 days | 8/14/2004 | 5 | herniated disc in neck | After only 2 weeks I experienced the worst upper stomach pain that I have ever had. This along with belching tremendous amounts of air. Both symptoms flared after falling asleep. Both symptoms lasted for 4 hours in the nights even with taking antacids. This along with incredible constipation. Not even metamusil or senna moved the bowels but aggrevated the stomach more. Having stopped, I am still enduring symptoms sporadically. I had another episode last evening after being off for almost two weeks. I was doubled over in pain. At the end of taking this medication for two weeks, I had so much pain that I found it difficult to walk. The lower ribs in the back were killing me. And all of this from taking motrin after I told the doctor I was allergic to aspirin and he stated it would be OK to take the motrin. What a fool I was to believe him. This comes from an orthopaedic surgeon. I am so sorry I trusted him to perscribe the correct medication for me. And I was cutting the pill in half to not take the whole amount he perscribed | CAUTION reccommended. DO NOT TRY if you are allergic to aspirin, even if the doctor says it is OK. | M | 53 | 2 weeks | 7/22/2004 | 4 | 6/2/2004 | 3 | headache | none | my head still hurts | M | 41 | 1 times | 1/13/2004 | 4 | arthrtis | none | F | 26 | 2 years | 11/3/2003 | 4 | MINOR PAIN IN LEG | STOMACH DISTRESS IF TAKEN ON EMPTY STOMACH | F | 52 | 5 days | 8/21/2002 | 4 | inflamation of the knees | none | now take over counter ibuprofin | M | 1/5/2001 | 4 | backache | It helped with the pain. I took for short tem and as little as i could stand since i don't like to take too much. | M | 28 | 12/27/2000 |
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ratings: 5-Very Satisfied: this medicine cured me or helped me a great deal. 4-Satisfied: this medicine helped. 3-Somewhat Satisfied: this medicine helped somewhat. 2-Not Satisfied: this medicine did not work to my satisfaction. 1-Dissatisfied: I would not recommend taking this medicine. |