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Ibuprofen for Muscle Pain User Reviews

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Rating: 6.7

Ibuprofen has an average rating of 6.7 out of 10 from a total of 9 reviews for the treatment of muscle pain. 56% of reviewers reported a positive experience, while 22% reported a negative experience.

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  • Ibu...
  • Taken for less than 1 month
  • March 2, 2018

"I gave it 5 stars only because it really did help me with my pain from pleurisy. I take one 800 mg tablet every 6 hours when it flares up. But with long-term usage (sometimes my flare-ups last two weeks), I have noticed that I have felt extreme depression. Almost to the point where I see no reason to continue on. I didn't realize it was the medicine until someone else shared their story of ibuprofen with me. It had also made them depressed. So I immediately stopped taking it, and within a few days was back to my old self. So the moral of the story is that if you need to take ibuprofen, please make sure you are doing it under a doctor's supervision. Depression is not fun, especially when you are in pain."

5 / 10
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  • Anonymous
  • Taken for 1 to 2 years
  • December 15, 2019

Ibuprofen "Advil works great for inflammation and pain, but has anybody experienced blood vessels breaking under the skin after long-term use? If I scratch my arm over my clothes, it will make a horrible spot. It only happens on my arms, so weird."

8 / 10
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  • Jan...
  • Taken for 10 years or more
  • December 12, 2024

Ibuprofen "When I'm suffering from dysmenorrhea, I take Advil as my pain reliever, and it works for me, and I feel well after I take this medicine. I started to use Advil as my pain reliever when I was 18 years old, and until now I'm 45 years. I take Advil every time my dysmenorrhea attacks. I also recommend it to my daughter, she said, 'Mama, it is very effective for me also.'"

10 / 10
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  • Anonymous
  • October 27, 2010

Ibuprofen "When I have trouble sleeping, I can take one Advil and sleep all night. I also use Advil when I have pains in my muscles or back from exercising too much."

10 / 10
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  • MaM...
  • February 15, 2009

Ibuprofen "About a year after having my daughter, my lower back and hips started hurting so bad (mostly from carrying her around) that I couldn't sleep. Advil worked great! One pill and I slept all night."

10 / 10
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  • lan...
  • February 13, 2009

Ibuprofen "It's good for back problems."

10 / 10
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  • Lee...
  • Taken for 1 to 6 months
  • February 25, 2020

Ibuprofen "Barely touches my muscle or back pain even if I take 2 pills."

2 / 10
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  • Anonymous
  • April 20, 2011

Ibuprofen "I have severe hip flexor pain, and my doctor recommended this. It did nothing for it."

1 / 10
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  • Dan...
  • October 6, 2011

Ibuprofen "As soon as I took it, I started having blurry images, I couldn't breathe, and everything turned for the worse. I feel like everything that surrounds me is circling or rolling."

4 / 10
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