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Anti-inflammatory tablets.
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Hey guys,
Just a quick question, if you know.
I have some anti-inflammatory tablets that I 'have to take with food'.
No thanks. They're totally fine for me to take on an empty stomach aren't they? I'm sure the worse that could happen is a little bit of stomach pain? I can live with that as I have my hot water bottle.
Just a quick question, if you know.
I have some anti-inflammatory tablets that I 'have to take with food'.
No thanks. They're totally fine for me to take on an empty stomach aren't they? I'm sure the worse that could happen is a little bit of stomach pain? I can live with that as I have my hot water bottle.
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I can just about cope with pain in my stomach, but does anyone know if that's all that will happen? Just pain?
I'm not just choosing to go against the instructions, I'm not choosing to be like this. I asked if it is just pain that I would get, and I said if anyone knows. If you don't then that's fine, nobody is forcing you to reply.
It's important to take anti inflammatorys with food as they have the potential to cause damage to your stomach lining, and cause ulcers. If you are a very rare user, e.g. Only take the odd dose once a month or so then it's not likely to be too much of an issue, if you've got no other problems. If you're taking them for several days, or regularly then the chance of doing damage to your stomach lining is much higher.
Pretty much any food will do, so you can line them up with regular meals, or fruit, biscuits.
Are you taking ones prescribed by your doctor / have you let them know how many you're needing to take? Just because if you need to take anti-inflammatories regularly for a long period of time then they may be able to prescribe you ones that are either kinder to your stomach or some people also get a tablet to take with them that help protect it.