Image description: A bottle of Ibuprofen containing 1000 tablets.
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this post was submitted on 02 Mar 2024
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When they give you ibuprofen following surgery, yea, it can be 800mg pills every 4 hours. It's not the normal dose most people take. I didn't say it was extended periods at that dose.
Otc, they max at 1200mg/day but it's the same drug that by prescription the max is 3200mg/day.
https://www.pdr.net/drug-summary/?drugLabelId=Ibuprofen-Tablets-ibuprofen-2618