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Use and Dosing

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Osteoarthritis

Rheumatoid arthritis

Dysmenorrhea

Mild-moderate pain

Fever [Not FDA Approved]

Reducing pain, inflammation, fever

Advil

Advil migraine

Midol liquid gels, Motrin IB, Motrin migraine pain, Profen, Tab-profen

Notes:

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Fever

Mild-moderate pain

Rheumatoid arthritis

Notes:

Reducing pain, inflammation, fever

Advil

Children's advil, Children's motrin, Children's advil flavored, Children's elixsure, Children's ibuprofen, PediaCare Children's Pain Reliever/ Fever Reducer IB

Pediatric advil, Infants' advil, Infants' motrin, PediaCare Infants' Pain Reliever/ Fever Reducer IB

Junior strength motrin

Midol liquid gels, Motrin IB, Motrin migraine pain, Profen, Tab-profen

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Indications

Contraindications

Black Box Warnings

Dosing Adjustment

Renal Dose Adjustment

Hepatic Dose Adjustment

Warnings/Precautions

Cautions: Use cautiously in

Interactions

Advil, Advil liqui-gels, Advil migraine liqui-gels, Children's advil, Children's advil flavored, Children's elixsure, Children's ibuprofen, Children's motrin, Ibuprohm, Ibu-tab, Ibu-tab 200, Infants' advil, Infants' motrin, Junior strength advil, Junior strength ibuprofen, Junior strength motrin, Midol liquid gels, Motrin IB, Motrin migraine pain, PediaCare Children's Pain Reliever/ Fever Reducer IB, PediaCare Infants' Pain Reliever/ Fever Reducer IB, Pediatric advil, Profen, Tab-profen interacts with :

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Pregnancy/Breast Feeding

Pregnancy Category:C (Contraindicated in pregnancy 3rd trimester)

Breastfeeding: Extremely low levels of ibuprofen is excreted in breastmilk, due to its shorter half-life and use in infants in doses much higher than those excreted in breastmilk, prefer ibuprofen as an analgesic or anti inflammatory agent in nursing mothers. This information is based upon Lactmed database (available at http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/htmlgen?LACT last accessed 17 March 2011). According to manufacturer’s data a decision should be made whether to discontinue nursing or discontinue the drug, taking into account the importance of the drug to the mother.

Adverse Reactions

Clinical Pharmacology

Brands and Availability

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US Trade Name(s)

US Availability

ibuprofen (generic)

Advil

Advil liqui-gels, Advil migraine liqui-gels

Children's advil

Children's advil flavored, Children's elixsure, Children's ibuprofen, PediaCare Children's Pain Reliever/ Fever Reducer IB

Children's motrin

Junior strength motrin

Junior strength advil

Junior strength ibuprofen

Ibu-tab

Ibu-tab 200

Ibuprohm

Midol liquid gels

Motrin IB, Motrin migraine pain, Profen, Tab-profen

Pediatric advil, Infants' advil, Infants' motrin, PediaCare Infants' Pain Reliever/ Fever Reducer IB

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Canadian Trade Name(s)

Canadian Availability

ibuprofen (generic)

Advil extra strength caplets,

Advil extra strength liqui-gels

Advil-gel caplet

Advil junior strength chewable tablets

Advil liqui-gels

Advil pediatric drops, Advil pediatric drops fever from colds or flu

Children's advil fever from colds or flu, Children's advil suspension, Children's motrin suspension

Children's motrin chewable tablets

Europrofen

Extra strength motrin IB

Infants' motrin

Junior strength advil fever from colds or flu

Junior strength motrin caplets

Junior strength motrin chewable tablets

Motrin IB caplet-200 mg, Motrin IB gelcaps, Motrin IB tablet-200 mg

Motrin IB liquid gels

Profen

Pamprin, Super strength motrin 1B

Super strength motrin 1B liquid gels

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UK Trade Name(s)

UK Availability

ibuprofen (generic)

Anadin joint pain

Anadin liquifast

Anadin ultra double strength

Anadin ultra

Long lasting pain relief

Migraine relief, Feminax express, Nurofen migraine pain, Nurofen tension headache

Brufen

Brufen Retard

Brufen syrup

Calprofen, Medifen 3+, Medifen for children, Nurofen for children

Cuprofen

Fenbid

Nurofen

Nurofen express

Nurofen extra strength

Nurofen maximum strength

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Australian Trade Name(s)

Australian Availability

ibuprofen (generic)

Advil

Brufen

Bugesic

Iprofen

Nurofen

Nurofen tension headache

Panafen IB, Proven, Rafen, Tr-profen

Nurofen migraine pain


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Classification

Analgesics

Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Agents
Non-Cox-2 Inhibitor NSAIDs

Rheumatologic

Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Agents
Non-Cox-2 Inhibitor NSAIDs

Pricing

Pricing data from www.DrugStore.com in U.S.A.

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