![]() ![]() (Tariq says a safe dosage is usually 600mg a day, or about three tablets a day, once or twice a week.)īut while drugs like Advil (otherwise known as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or NSAIDs) aren't going to give you compulsive, uncontrollable urges to gamble or rupture a tendon in your leg (yes, some common drugs really do have those side effects), taking a ton of ibuprofen on a long-term basis does come with health risks. “If used sparingly, rarely causes any major side effects,” says Nauman Tariq, M.D., an assistant professor of neurology and the director of the Headache Center at Johns Hopkins Hospital. It even comes in single-serving wrappers for moments of urgent need. It takes the edge off nasty hangovers or headaches and soothes sore muscles, and it's easy to find on just about every drug store shelf in America. As far as drugs go, ibuprofen seems pretty harmless.
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