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What's the difference between Tylenol and Motrin?
Yesterday we had to go to a walk In for DSand the Dr said I should alternate giving Tylenol and Motrin. I always thought they were more or less the same What's the difference?
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ali120206
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What's the difference between Tylenol and Motrin?
Motrin is a little stronger. It also reduces inflammation where Tylenol does not.
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| Posted 12/16/13 8:55 AM |
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MrsT809
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Re: What's the difference between Tylenol and Motrin?
Posted by ali120206
Motrin is a little stronger. It also reduces inflammation where Tylenol does not.
Exactly. Also, motrin lasts 6 hours while tylenol only lasts 4. Once DD was old enough for motrin I rarely used tylenol any more bc the motrin seemed to help her much more.
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| Posted 12/16/13 9:21 AM |
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ali120206
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Re: What's the difference between Tylenol and Motrin?
Posted by MrsT809
Posted by ali120206
Motrin is a little stronger. It also reduces inflammation where Tylenol does not.
Exactly. Also, motrin lasts 6 hours while tylenol only lasts 4. Once DD was old enough for motrin I rarely used tylenol any more bc the motrin seemed to help her much more.
I only use Tylenol when DCs have a fever - when I rotate with Motrin.
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| Posted 12/16/13 9:22 AM |
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VikingChick
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What's the difference between Tylenol and Motrin?
They are totally different medications. They work differently and have different side effects. You should be extremely careful with tylenol/acetaminophen b/c overdosing is easy and is very serious- can cause liver failure. Advil/motrin doesn't have this effect, which is why you can alternate them.
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| Posted 12/16/13 11:50 AM |
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Re: What's the difference between Tylenol and Motrin?
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They are totally different medications. They work differently and have different side effects. You should be extremely careful with tylenol/acetaminophen b/c overdosing is easy and is very serious- can cause liver failure. Advil/motrin doesn't have this effect, which is why you can alternate them.
This. Also, Tylenol is just a pain reliever/fever reducer. Motrin (Advil, Ibuprofen) is also an anti inflammatory...which is why it's better for certain things than Tylenol. For example, dental pain is usually caused by inflammation...Motrin is way better to take than Tylenol in this case.
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NervousNell
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Re: What's the difference between Tylenol and Motrin?
I know for myself at least, Tylenol doesn't do shit.
Motrin is much better because it's anti inflammatory- it's an NSAID
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jlk51496
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Re: What's the difference between Tylenol and Motrin?
Posted by MrsT809
Posted by ali120206
Motrin is a little stronger. It also reduces inflammation where Tylenol does not.
Exactly. Also, motrin lasts 6 hours while tylenol only lasts 4. Once DD was old enough for motrin I rarely used tylenol any more bc the motrin seemed to help her much more.
us too! Motrin I feel works better! I only have tylenol when it is suggested to switch every other dose
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ElizaRags35
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Re: What's the difference between Tylenol and Motrin?
Posted by anskiv
They are totally different medications. They work differently and have different side effects. You should be extremely careful with tylenol/acetaminophen b/c overdosing is easy and is very serious- can cause liver failure. Advil/motrin doesn't have this effect, which is why you can alternate them.
Advil/Motrin, which is ibuprofen, can cause ulcers though. For children, it's a much smaller dose than adults, obviously, but this is definitely a potential side effect if given too much ibuprofen. I can't take it b/c of that.
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