Contents:
- Medical Video: Ibuprofen: Pain Mechanism, Dose Safety and Drug Interactions
- The main function of ibuprofen
- Drugs that can cause interactions with ibuprofen
- Who can't use ibuprofen?
Medical Video: Ibuprofen: Pain Mechanism, Dose Safety and Drug Interactions
Have you ever been prescribed a doctor for ibuprofen medicine? Or often hear the name of the drug? According to WHO ibuprofen is one of the important drugs and is the basic medicine in the medical field. What are the functions of ibuprofen? Is it only useful for relieving pain?
The main function of ibuprofen
Ibuprofen is a type of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) that is usually used to relieve pain and pain in the body. in the medical world, the function of ibuprofen is to treat various conditions such as:
- Fever
- Inflammation of the body
- Headache
- Tooth ache
- Back pain
- Arthritis
- Menstrual pain
- Arthritis
- Pain from minor injuries
- Reduces swelling in body parts
- Influenza
The main function of ibuprofen does reduce pain in the body's sign resulting in loss of consciousness. In addition, ibuprofen, which belongs to this type of NSAID, works in a different way from other analgesic drugs, such as paracetamol.
When you feel pain, pain, or experience inflammation, the body will naturally produce chemicals called prostaglandins. Meanwhile, ibuprofen has the ability to stop prostaglandins produced by the body, so that the pain is gone.
Drugs that can cause interactions with ibuprofen
Ibuprofen is a type of generic drug contained in various types of branded drugs, such as Brufen, Calprofen, Genpril, Mother, Midol, Nuprin, Cuprofen, Nurofen, Advil, Motrin, and many more. If you take one of the above drugs, you take ibuprofen. Knowing the drug content is very important, because among these drugs there can be drug interactions that will inhibit the work of one of the drugs you consume together.
The function of ibuprofen will be ineffective and even worse if someone also consumes the type of drug:
- sidofovir
- ketorolac
- methotrexate
- pemetrexed
- aspirin
- type of diuretic drug
- warfarin
- other anti-inflammatory drugs, such as prednisone
If you take the drugs mentioned earlier, you should not take ibuprofen because it can cause interactions between these drugs. the side effects of these interactions can be a decrease in the ability of ibuprofen to relieve pain or other medical conditions.
Who can't use ibuprofen?
The function of ibuprofen is to treat pain, but not everyone who experiences pain, pain, or inflammation in his body can take ibuprofen. Some medical conditions of a person taking ibuprofen must be supervised, even if the person has certain diseases, he or she may not take ibuprofen.
You may not take ibuprofen if you experience:
- Severe heart failure
- Acute liver disease
- Has a history of inflammation or injury in the digestive tract
- Have a history of allergies to NSAID-type drugs
You must be under the supervision of a doctor when taking ibuprofen if you experience:
- Asthma
- Having kidney or liver disorders
- Lupus
- Crohn's disease
- Hypertension
- Stroke
- Having heart problems, such as having a heart attack or experiencing angina pectoris
- Have experienced bleeding in the abdomen
