Treatments: Ibuprofen


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Ibuprofen: Common pain relief and NSAID medication
Description: Like aspirin, ibuprofen and naproxen sodium inhibit prostaglandin production. However, they are more potent pain relievers, especially for menstrual cramps, toothaches, minor arthritis, and injuries accompanied by inflammation, such as tendinitis.1

Count: Ibuprofen is listed as a: treatment for 22 conditions; alternative treatment for 22 conditions; preventive treatment for 1 conditions; research treatment for 0 conditions.
Ibuprofen is a type of: Antipyretics (56)
Treatments: all treatments
Ibuprofen as a treatment: The following list of conditions have 'Ibuprofen' or similar listed as a treatment in our database:

A

  • Ankle sprain ... ibuprofen

    B

  • Black eye ... ibuprofen
  • Burns ... ibuprofen

    C

  • Chalazion ... ibuprofen
  • Chronic Fatigue Syndrome ... ibuprofen
  • Chronic pain ... ibuprofen (Advil)
  • Croup ... ibuprofen
  • Cyclic vomiting syndrome ... ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin)
  • Cystic Fibrosis ... ibuprofen

    E

  • Epididymitis ... ibuprofen

    G

  • Gastroenteritis ... ibuprofen

    H

  • Headache ... ibuprofen

    I

  • Interstitial cystitis ... ibuprofen

    K

  • Knee sprain ... ibuprofen

    L

  • Lupus ... Ibuprofen (Motrin, Advil)

    O

  • Osteoarthritis ... Motrin® IB, ibuprofen, Advil®

    P

  • Polymyalgia rheumatica ... ibuprofen

    R

  • Reiter’s syndrome ... ibuprofen
  • Rheumatoid arthritis ... Ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin IB)

    S

  • Spinal stenosis ... ibuprofen (Motrin, Nuprin, Advil)
  • Sprain ... ibuprofen
  • Strain ... ibuprofen
    Ibuprofen as a prevention: The following list of conditions have 'Ibuprofen' or similar listed as a preventive treatment in our database:

    C

  • Cyclic vomiting syndrome ... ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin)



    Footnotes:
    1. excerpt from Aspirin - Ibuprofen - Acetaminophen: NWHIC

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