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1. clacke: looking for something 🇸🇪🇭🇰💙💛 (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Wednesday, 24-May-2023 10:12:18 UTC clacke: looking for something 🇸🇪🇭🇰💙💛

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   Had some decongestant that had paracetamol in it. Wow, neither acetylic salicylic acid nor ibuprofen make me this drowsy.
   • clacke: looking for something 🇸🇪🇭🇰💙💛 (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Wednesday, 24-May-2023 12:50:27 UTC clacke: looking for something 🇸🇪🇭🇰💙💛

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     Noticed my accent become more American (before I took the pills). Apparently I find that easier on the vocal chords when they're hoarse.
   • LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Wednesday, 24-May-2023 18:52:36 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

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     @clacke That's the first sign that you're being absorbed. Next thing you know, you'll be listening to country music and shopping for a giant pickup truck.
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   • clacke: looking for something 🇸🇪🇭🇰💙💛 (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Wednesday, 24-May-2023 23:50:53 UTC clacke: looking for something 🇸🇪🇭🇰💙💛

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     • Thomas

     @Thomas I've had chlorophenamine before without drowsiness. But then I've had paracetamol without drowsiness too.

     Already tired as I stayed up too long probably contributed. And this morning I discovered I had covid, maybe that contributed too.

   • clacke: looking for something 🇸🇪🇭🇰💙💛 (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Thursday, 25-May-2023 04:31:15 UTC clacke: looking for something 🇸🇪🇭🇰💙💛

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     Checked online if acetylsalicylic acid and paracetamol are safe to take together, so that I'm not ruling out my chances at using the decongestant if I take my preferred analgesic.

     For this search it's good to know that acetylsalicylic acid is better known in the US as the brand name Aspirin.

     It's also good to know that the name of paracetamol is acetaminophen in the US and the popular brand name is Tylenol.

     The outcome is that they seem safe (I am not your doctor etc), as there are even approved combined products.

     As always with paracetamol be careful with the liver and with acetylsalicylic acid be careful with the stomach.

     I found one study saying that both plus caffeine is more effective than either one of the three, didn't look closer what dosages they used. That sounds plausible. My analgesic of choice (Treo) has acetylsalicylic acid and caffeine.

   • clacke: looking for something 🇸🇪🇭🇰💙💛 (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Thursday, 25-May-2023 07:04:08 UTC clacke: looking for something 🇸🇪🇭🇰💙💛

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     • Thomas
     @Thomas So far it's milder than last year and *knock* *knock* already getting better.
   • LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 25-May-2023 07:04:22 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

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     @clacke I don't know if it still exists, but in USA, Excedrin (brand name) combined aspirin / ASA, acetominophen, caffeine. Claimed to be superior.
     
     Though I've seen medical folks claim that acetominophen's effective dose and its toxic dose are too close together.
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   • clacke: looking for something 🇸🇪🇭🇰💙💛 (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Thursday, 25-May-2023 07:08:11 UTC clacke: looking for something 🇸🇪🇭🇰💙💛

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     @LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} Yes, acetaminophen/paracetamol basically shouldn't be over the counter, go only a bit over the recommended dose and you're already hurting your liver.

     If ibuprofen ("Advil") works for you, always go for that instead, it's much safer.

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   • clacke: looking for something 🇸🇪🇭🇰💙💛 (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Friday, 26-May-2023 07:35:16 UTC clacke: looking for something 🇸🇪🇭🇰💙💛

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     Combining acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) and ibuprofen is a generally bad idea, as their side-effects overlap and the risk stacks, and there are indications that ibuprofen may interfere with the blood-thinning aspect of ASA, if that's what you're taking it for.
   • clacke: looking for something 🇸🇪🇭🇰💙💛 (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Friday, 26-May-2023 07:51:02 UTC clacke: looking for something 🇸🇪🇭🇰💙💛

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     • Thomas

     @Thomas I don't know why they would recommend paracetamol over ibuprofen, maybe just because it has been around longer and has more recognition by habit.

     Alternating sounds like a good idea based on my search results.