Product information
Common uses
This medicie is a pain reliever and fever reducer. Temporarily relieves minor aches and pains due to: headache, muscular aches, toothache, minor pain of arthritis, backache, the common cold, menstrual cramps. Temporarily reduces fever.
Before using
Physicians may wish to discuss with their patients, the potential risks and likely benefits of NSAID treatment, particularly when the drugs are used for less serious conditions where treatment without NSAIDs may represent an acceptable alternative to both the patient and physician.
Laboratory Tests: Because serious GI tract ulceration and bleeding can occur without warning symptoms, physicians should follow chronically treated patients for the signs and symptoms of ulceration and bleeding and should inform them of the importance of this follow-up.
Directions
Do not take more than directed. Adults and children 12 years and older:
take 1 tablet every 4 to 6 hours while symptoms persist
if pain or fever does not respond to 1 tablet, 2 tablets may be used
do not exceed 6 tablets in 24 hours, unless directed by a doctor
the smallest effective dose should be used
Children under 12 years: ask a doctor.
If you have questions of a medical nature, please contact your pharmacist, doctor, or health care professional.
Ask a doctor before use if you have:
stomach pain
problems or serious side effects from taking pain relievers or fever reducers
Ask a doctor or pharmacist before use if you are:
under a doctor's care for any serious condition
taking any other drug
taking any other product that contains ibuprofen, or any other pain reliever/fever reducer
When using this product take with food or milk if stomach upset occurs.
Drug Interactions
Coumarin-type anticoagulants: Several short-term controlled studies failed to show that ibuprofen significantly affected prothrombin times or a variety of other clotting factors when administered to individuals on cournarin-type anticoagulants. However, because bleeding has been reported when IBU?T