I took 500mg aspirin for pain but it did not help my symptoms. How long after taking aspirin can I take ibuprofen instead?
How long after taking aspirin can I take ibuprofen?
Question posted by smoran2012 on 4 Sep 2023
Last updated on 10 September 2023 by ggeolas
3 Answers
ggeolas
10 Sep 2023
The best place to get correct answer to this question is to speak with your Dr or go to drugs.com and do an interaction check hope this helps be safe
masso
4 Sep 2023
Interactions between your drugs
Major
ibuprofen aspirin
Applies to: ibuprofen, aspirin
Talk to your doctor before using aspirin together with ibuprofen. Frequent or regular use of ibuprofen may reduce the effectiveness of aspirin if you are taking it to prevent heart attacks or strokes. In addition, combining these medications may increase your risk of developing gastrointestinal ulcers and bleeding. You may need a dose adjustment or more frequent monitoring by your doctor to safely use both medications. Contact your doctor immediately if you develop severe abdominal pain, bloating, sudden dizziness or lightheadedness, nausea, vomiting (especially with blood), loss of appetite, and/or black, tarry stools. It is important to tell your doctor about all other medications you use, including vitamins and herbs. Do not stop using any medications without first talking to your doctor.
Therapeutic duplication warnings
Therapeutic duplication is the use of more than one medicine from the same drug category or therapeutic class to treat the same condition. This can be intentional in cases where drugs with similar actions are used together for demonstrated therapeutic benefit. It can also be unintentional in cases where a patient has been treated by more than one doctor, or had prescriptions filled at more than one pharmacy, and can have potentially adverse consequences.
Duplication
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatories
Therapeutic duplication
The recommended maximum number of medicines in the 'nonsteroidal anti-inflammatories' category to be taken concurrently is usually one. Your list includes two medicines belonging to the 'nonsteroidal anti-inflammatories' category:
aspirin
ibuprofen
Note: In certain circumstances, the benefits of taking this combination of drugs may outweigh any risks. Always consult your health care provider before making changes to your medications or dosage.
https://www.drugs.com/interactions-check.php?drug_list=243-0,1310-0
As both belong to the same drug class I researched and found an interesting article, and found this segment relevant to your question:
"How long after taking aspirin can I take ibuprofen or vice versa?
Many people may choose not to mix aspirin and ibuprofen because of the increased chance of side effects, while others will do so despite the risk.
For people who take aspirin to protect the heart or to prevent a stroke, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)Trusted Source recommend that ibuprofen for pain relief should be taken 8 hours before immediate-release aspirin or 30 minutes afterward.
Low dose aspirin is no longer recommended for use in healthy older persons Trusted Source, and the use of enteric-coated aspirin should be avoided due to the delayed release of aspirin.
However, the FDA also recommend Trusted Source that people who want to take both should contact their doctor for more information on the timings of when to take these two medicines so that both remain effective."
Source: Medical News Today
I also found the following:
"It's safe to take aspirin as a painkiller with paracetamol or codeine. But do not take aspirin with ibuprofen or naproxen without talking to a doctor. Aspirin, ibuprofen and naproxen belong to the same group of medicines called non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)."
Source: NHS-National Health Service, United kingdom.
A safer choice would be to take Tylenol (acetaminophen),
Acetaminophen is in a class of medications called analgesics (pain relievers) and antipyretics (fever reducers).
No interactions found with Tylenol (acetaminophen) and aspirin as well as no therapeutic duplications, which is safer for you.
https://www.drugs.com/interactions-check.php?drug_list=243-0,11-12
If you feel the need to ask your Dr./Pharmacist about what choice is best for your condition I suggest you do.
jaminhealth
4 Sep 2023
I don't know of rules, BUT be sure to take whatever you take with food in stomach. I deal with chronic arthritis and what I do and it helps, never pain free of course, every 6 hrs I take a buffered aspirin (Bufferin) and 200 mg ibuprofen and one generic Tylenol, that is 3 pain types every 6 hours.
I am OLDER and have lived with OA issues for 60 years and damaged body from hip replacement.
Younger people could work faster, reducing pain and we are all unique with what we deal with and what we take. I take some supplements that address some pain too.
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