this is interesting.
i have been taking OTC pain killers steadily for about 20 years now.
started when i received a fractured skull after a a gang assault.
was taking 2 to 4 acetominophen(sp) tabs daily for about 15 years.
then when i learned that it was what was blowing out my liver i switched to aspirin, but that didn't work. so i switched off between acetomin and ibuprofin back and forth for several years. after 2, 6 month cycles of siazen i felt that my liver was finally back to normal for a man my age.
however i still take 4 to 8 tabs of ibu a day.
every day.
don't know what this will hold for the future but the other option is debilitating pain in my head daily, and i would just go sit in a dark corner for an indeterminate time.
for what it's worth i don't use any other OTC drugs regularly, and i don't drink alchohol.
Oh, I thought
you meant years. You probably don't have anything to worry about. Just stop as soon as you can, try not to go past 3 or 4 months of steady use. But, I've know people who have been on Advil averaging about 4 pills/day for 2+ years, and they have no adverse symptoms. However, it is popularly believed that it worsens arthritis in the long run when taken over many years.
