Q. Dr Hand, what is the best drug for pain relief?
A. One Motrin and one extra strength Tylenol is the optimal combination for best pain relief after minor surgery and for tooth aches.
For a variety of reasons, a combination of products is generally more effective then only one medication by itself.
Many dentists have recently been suggesting this Motrin & Tylenol combination for our patients instead narcotics as it is safer, works better and has less side effects.
An analysis by researchers at Oxford University appeared in the September issue of The Cochrane Library and reported in the New York Times Health Section investigated the effectiveness of oral pain medications after surgery.
These researchers found the optimal combination was 200 milligrams of ibuprofen and 500 of Tylenol because 74 % of the time this combination lessened the pain at least by 50%. This was better then a low dosage of Tylenol or even Codeine alone.
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