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Naproxen (Aleve) is so hard on the stomach. It had me in tears last time I took it and forgot what happened the first time. It will cause severe stomach pain!
Ibuprofen for me is ok. I try to avoid taking it as much as I can, but with an injury or something I am fine with it on a full stomach.
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IBS-A for 20 years with terrible bloating and gas. On the diet since April 2004. Remember this from Heather's information pages:
"You absolutely must eat insoluble fiber foods, and as much as safely possible, but within the IBS dietary guidelines. Treat insoluble fiber foods with suitable caution, and you'll be able to enjoy a wide variety of them, in very healthy quantities, without problem." Please eat IF foods!
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Either take advil or tylenol but not Aleve. Doctors love giving that perscription but it is murder on the stomach.
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IBS-A for 20 years with terrible bloating and gas. On the diet since April 2004. Remember this from Heather's information pages:
"You absolutely must eat insoluble fiber foods, and as much as safely possible, but within the IBS dietary guidelines. Treat insoluble fiber foods with suitable caution, and you'll be able to enjoy a wide variety of them, in very healthy quantities, without problem." Please eat IF foods!
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Personally, I think you should just try it. Aleve has never bothered me, whereas ibuprofen definitely does if I take it long term. We are all different, and unfortunately, you just won't know until you try!
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Mommy to Rhiannon Marie (Dec. 13, 2008)
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Based on a quick search it looks like muscle relaxants may help and it seems like they would be a particularly good idea if the pain is causing you to lose sleep. Of course they may have GI side-effects also.
Somewhat tangentially as a wider question: what about aspirin? It is an anti-inflammatory, right? I always tolerated it well. Do doctors just never use it nowadays or is it not as effective an anti-inflammatory as NSAIDs?
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I would try it on a full stomach or try Advil.I do not take tylenol as it does bother my stomach.
Even advil on an empty stomach will bother me but it is better than tylenol.
I only use Naproxen if the pain is REALLY bad otherwise it is Advil.
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OK...I will try it and see what happens.
1) If it doesn't work, what options might be out there to treat w/o hurting IBS?
2) LM...how long did it take for you to recover?
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I don't think aspirin or tylenol are anti-inflammatories. I can't bet on that.
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IBS-A for 20 years with terrible bloating and gas. On the diet since April 2004. Remember this from Heather's information pages:
"You absolutely must eat insoluble fiber foods, and as much as safely possible, but within the IBS dietary guidelines. Treat insoluble fiber foods with suitable caution, and you'll be able to enjoy a wide variety of them, in very healthy quantities, without problem." Please eat IF foods!
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Aspirin was the first nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) found. It is a very effective anti-inflammatory.
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