Ibuprofen starts working within 30 minutes and lasts up to 4-6 hours in the body. It peak effect starts after 1-2 hours.
Ibuprofen:
Ibuprofen is used for relief from the body pain and helps to reduce the swelling in the body, which is caused by many reasons such as back pain, toothache, headache and so on.
The generic name of this drug is Ibuprofen. The brand names of this medicine are Proprinal, Genpril, Midol IB, Ibu, Advil,and Modrin IB. This medicine comes under the class of drugs called Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs.
This medicine was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), on September 19, 1974 in the United States.
Drug Mechanism:
Ibuprofen is a type of Non-Steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drug (NSAID), which helps to control the activity of Cyclooxygenases (COX-1 and COX-2) enzymes, amenable for prostaglandin synthesis.
This inhibition helps to reduce the product ion of prostaglandin, as well as decrease the pain and swelling from the body.
Forms and Dosages:
The forms and dosages of this medicine are as follows.
- Oral Capsule (200mg)
- Oral Suspension (100mf/5ml; 50mg/1.25ml)
- Oral Tablet (100mg; 200mng; 400mg; 600mg; 800mg)
- Oral Tablet
- Chewable Tablet (100mg; 50mg).
Drug Effectiveness
This medicine is very effective in treating pain. It helps to overcome different types of pain such as menstrual cramp, backache, toothache, arthritis, muscular aches, headache and so on.
This drug is not suggested for children below the age of 6 months. Pregnant and breastfeeding women should not take this medicine without a doctor’s prescription.
Patients Response to the Ibuprofen Drug:
Taking ibuprofen drug shows good results in patients. It helps to decrease swelling form the body. Overdose may result in many side effects in the body which are very harmful for patient’s health. They are mentioned below:
- Bleeding in stomach
- Skin rashes
- Sore throat
- Effect in eye- sight
- Liver problem
- Dizziness
- Kidney problem
- Low red blood cells