MOTRIN Reviews (IBUPROFEN)

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MOTRIN  (IBUPROFEN):  Ibuprofen is used to relieve pain from various conditions such as headache, dental pain, menstrual cramps, muscle aches, or arthritis. It is also used to reduce fever and to relieve minor aches and pain due to the common cold or flu. Ibuprofen is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID). It works by blocking your body's production of certain natural substances that cause inflammation. This effect helps to decrease swelling, pain, or fever. If you are treating a chronic condition such as arthritis, ask your doctor about non-drug treatments and/or using other medications to treat your pain. See also Warning section. Check the ingredients on the label even if you have used the product before. The manufacturer may have changed the ingredients. Also, products with similar names may contain different ingredients meant for different purposes. Taking the wrong product could harm you.   FDA Approval Date: 1985-05-22 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

  

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RATING  REASONSIDE EFFECTS FOR MOTRINCOMMENTSSEXAGEDURATION/
DOSAGE
DATE ADDED
 
 5  knee pain and swelling none Very helpful reducing swelling in my knee and therefore reducing the pain M 61 7 days
800mg 2X day
6/7/2013
 5  kidney pain from caylceal diverticulir I take Mortrin only when pain is horrible. Works better than anything else. Love this medication. F 37 6 years
800mg
1/21/2013
 5  Pain in back Sleepiness I love Motrin and will take this whenever I have any sort of pain. Why are people rating this so poorly? It works great, no side effects, except for sleepiness because the pain was keeping me awake. I ahev alot of back problems and it helps. F 18 5 days
600 2X day
8/15/2012
 5  for pain after surgery, etc. Never experienced any bad side effects, but you have to follow directions and take this medicine with food or milk, to prevent stomach upset. I have always been exceedingly happy with this medication, it works better for me than any other pain reliever. After I had my children, it was the only thing that could take away my pain. I had tried darvocet, tylenol 3s, vicodin, and others but only ibuprofen eased my pain and never made me feel loopy. F 22 2 years
800 mg 4X day
11/30/2010
 5  back pain and skin ulcer none yet great releif for my terrible back pain. couldnt walk when i got home from work and now its not a problem for me to lay down and get back up like it was before. very soothing for my inflamed skin F 30 2 days
800 mg 1X day
7/2/2010
 5  Chronic Back pain There was a time that I stopped taking Motrin and when I went back to it, it gave me small bumps under my cheeks. They went away after 1/2 hour. I surf every weekend and could not if I didn't take Motrin. M 49 20 years
600 MG 2X day
3/25/2010
 5  FOOT BONE SPURS NO SIDE EFFECTS I literally could not walk without Motrin. M 67 20 days
800 3X day
3/8/2010
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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
 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
 5  broken ribs none F 42 9 days
1/21/2009
 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
 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
 5  Menstrual cramps none Motrin tends to work better than Tylenol for menstrual cramps. F 18
4/28/2008
 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
 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
 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
 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
 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
 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
  

MOTRIN  (IBUPROFEN):  Ibuprofen is used to relieve pain from various conditions such as headache, dental pain, menstrual cramps, muscle aches, or arthritis. It is also used to reduce fever and to relieve minor aches and pain due to the common cold or flu. Ibuprofen is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID). It works by blocking your body's production of certain natural substances that cause inflammation. This effect helps to decrease swelling, pain, or fever. If you are treating a chronic condition such as arthritis, ask your doctor about non-drug treatments and/or using other medications to treat your pain. See also Warning section. Check the ingredients on the label even if you have used the product before. The manufacturer may have changed the ingredients. Also, products with similar names may contain different ingredients meant for different purposes. Taking the wrong product could harm you.   FDA Approval Date: 1985-05-22 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

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