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I have been on rebiff for over a year premedicating with generic brand of ibuprofen. Well, I just started using advil to premedicate and that stuff ROCKS> If anyone has/had the same flulike symptoms, try advil. It might work well for you too!!!!!
Posted on 07/20/08, 10:07 pm
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Reply #1 - 07/20/08  11:35pm
" i take advil first too
ive always taken advil so i didnt realize other things werent as good
thanks for the heads up that im doing a good thing! "
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Reply #2 - 07/21/08  9:27am
" You might try Aleve too. The nurse told me to try it because it is basically the same but lasts longer. :-) "
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Reply #3 - 07/21/08  9:31am
" I take the generic ibuprophen. It does fine for me. "
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Reply #4 - 07/21/08  10:04am
" I didn't have any luck with Advil. I do a lot better with Aleve, and it does last longer. I think it's trial and error. Glad it's working for you! The flulike symptoms are totally miserable. "
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Reply #5 - 07/21/08  10:29am
" Man, I've been taking Rebif for over a year and last night was one of the few (less than 5) times that I did not take Ibuprofen. This morning I feel like crap, kinda flu-like, and cranky as hell too! Note to self: TAKE THE ADVIL! "
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Reply #6 - 07/22/08  9:32am
" Advil and Motrin both have the active pain med Ibuprofen. I have never taken name brands, too expensive! Aleve has the active pain med Naproxen Sodium. All of these also come in Rx's for a larger mg dose. tasha :) "
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Reply #7 - 07/22/08  10:03am
" Thanks for the advice! My Rebif didn't start causing me to ache until here recently and I knew I had to do something about it! :) "
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