| ▲ | topham 4 days ago | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The right tool for the right job. When it comes to medication, in the right dosage. I'm aware of acetaminophen's down sides, and yet recently I was taking it combined with 2 other medications at the time. Why? Because all three medications are recommended for dealing with the issue I had. (Alone and in combination) The moment it wasn't helping further? Done. There is this broken idea, particularly apparent in North America, but in western society that more is better for many things. It's not. More pain killers don't do anything if they max out the relief they can give you, overloading their mechanism doesn't reduce anything, but taxing your liver or your kidneys. All medications are potentially toxic, your body wants to dispose of them. In appropriate dosages they will benefit you, but more isn't inherently better. Even water can kill you in sufficient quantity. We do the same with diet; where someone declares one ingredient in a meal healthier than another; it isn't. A single ingredient isn't better or worse for you in a meal. Your diet however can be good or bad; over time that matters. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | teiferer 3 days ago | parent | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
I agree with your overall sentiment. But allow me some objections: > There is this broken idea, particularly apparent in North America, but in western society that more is better for many things. It's not. But it is. The faster I go, the earlier I arrive at a destination. The more I eat, the later I'll be hungry again. The more I pay, the more I can buy. The more I smile, the more people smile back. It's all-pervasive in life, and "more is better for many things" is just obviously true. Not for all things and there are limits of course. > More pain killers don't do anything if they max out the relief they can give you, overloading their mechanism doesn't reduce anything, but taxing your liver or your kidneys. A higher dose gets broken down slower, as in, the threshold below which the effect is reduced is reached later. Not a reason to damage your kidneys and better take smaller doses more often, but it's not fully accurate to say there is a limit and anything above has zero effect. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | wouldbecouldbe 4 days ago | parent | prev [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Try dealing with a herniated disc, more ibu is definitely better. Too little wont do anything, proper dose and you feel healed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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