Nurofen VS Solpadeine VS Paracetamol

oo7

Hi there,

Apologies if i'm posting this in the wrong sub forum, but I thought the community in 'Nutrition & Diet' might know the answer to my question.

I've noticed a lot of people (including myself) taking more and more of Nurofen, Solpadeine and Paracetamol for various colds and flus, etc... over the last 12 months.

Can anyone outline what each one is for as I find a lot of people taking these without knowing what each one is, and more importantly what it is primarily for.

I also understand there might be a common mixture across some of these... so any info would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Alf Veedersane

Nurofen is an anti-inflammatory. Or rather it contains ibuprofen which is an anti inflammatory.

Solpadeine contains paracetamol and usually caffeine.

Variations of both also include codeine which is an opiate and for pain relief.

Paracetamol is for pain relief.

oo7

Cool, thanks for this.

Doctors room ghost

Neurofen plus and solpadeine are highly addictive due to codeine content which is basically a legal version of heroin.paracetamol is not proven to be addictive but has a tight therapeutic range which means you should only take the recommended dose as an overdose can occur easily.
For colds and flu paracetamol is perfect with 2 tablets every 4 hours for the average adult.

Mooooo

Paracetamol is an analgesic, helps reduce temp
Nurofen is anti-inflammatory
Codeine is a stronger pain relief then.
So for flu and the likes paracetamol is prob fine, joint pain Nurofen would be better. A decongestant is prob better for a cold rather than any painkillers as such

oo7

Thanks for the help all, much appreciated.

goat2

I did not think that Neurofen contained opiate

lilblackdress

Goat2. It doesn't unless you buy Nurofen plus. Nurofen (ibprofen) is also not addictive as mentioned above unless you are regularly taking ibuprofen tablets that have caffine as an extra.

As for the OP. Paracetamol is for pain but also takes a temp down as does ibuprofen so with a flu it is helpful. Also recommended daily doses are no more than 4g paracetamol in 24 hours and 1200mg ibuprofen in 24 hours although some illnesses may require more than the recommended daily doses but only on doctors advice.

lilblackdress

lilblackdress wrote: »

Goat2. It doesn't unless you buy Nurofen plus. Nurofen (ibprofen) is also not addictive as mentioned above unless you are regularly taking ibuprofen tablets that have caffine as an extra.

As for the OP. Paracetamol is for pain but also takes a temp down as does ibuprofen so with a flu it is helpful. Also recommended daily doses are no more than 4g paracetamol in 24 hours and 1200mg ibuprofen in 24 hours although some illnesses may require more than the recommended daily doses but only on doctors advice.

Nurofen plus has Codeine, not caffeine.

lilblackdress

I am aware of that thanks Basil3 but there are also Nurofen/ibuprofen tablets sold with caffine.... like faster acting or even the tablets marketed at period cramp relief. My point anyway is the caffine in these makes them addictive.

gctest50

You need to tiny careful of paracetamol - if you are taking it for say a hurty elbow and then get a flu and take something containing it, it's easy enough to kill yourself or wreck some of your internal organs

Worst part for all involved : when (if ) you make it to hospital, there won't be enough floating around in your blood to alert them in time

Woden

https://www.nhs.uk/CHQ/Pages/857.aspx

You can take ibuprofen and paracetamol together also

lilblackdress

lilblackdress wrote: »

I am aware of that thanks Basil3 but there are also Nurofen/ibuprofen tablets sold with caffine.... like faster acting or even the tablets marketed at period cramp relief. My point anyway is the caffine in these makes them addictive.

It's the codeine in Nurofen plus that is addictive.

lilblackdress

Basil3. I'm not denying codine is addictive as it is but it's actually the caffine in some medications that make them addictive is what I'm getting at. As in solpadine is more addictive than solpadol despite the fact that solpadol has more codine and that is due to the caffine in solpadine. This was something I found both shocking and surprising when studying and researching pain medicine. I would have always thought it was the codine myself. Also some people become addicted to taking paracetamol or ibuprofen which don't include codine but do include caffine. It's something I took note of after finding this out though and I tend to avoid any medications with caffine added.... I am addicted enough to drinking coffee as it is 😂