All I got to say is thank fuck the Lord gave us ibuprofen cus waking up with a cornucopia of pain seems the default now

Hey, just a heads up from someone who destroyed their stomach on ibuprofen when I was a chronic user as a kid; - do NOT take it on an empty stomach, eat something. - take it with half a glass of milk, - if at any point your stomach starts feeling even a tiny bit sore, go to your doctor and ask about using a ppi (proton pump inhibitor) to protect your stomach. Ibuprofen is NOT harmless. I can't take pain medication orally anymore without extreme pain in my stomach and it makes pain relief very complicated. I now just have to deal with excruciating pain with no relief except daily spliffs (I am disabled) If you're taking it daily, talk to your doctor, even if it's just to get you on some daily pain meds that won't mess you up long-term. And if it's arthritis, get thee to a physiotherapist! Get thee on a bike! Get thee in the swimming pool! Immobilisation is what makes it worse.