How many 600 mg ibuprofens are safe in a 24 hour perid?
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- 1 Apr 2013 by sessygirlyman
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- 8 Dec 2016
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- ibuprofen
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Marvell
1 Apr 2013
For an adult maximum of 3200mg of ibuprofen orally in 24 hours.
Pharma20912
1 Apr 2013
And for adults that is more than 10 yrs.
safe is 400mg thrice a day that is 1200mg in 24hrs.
but caution must be taken in geriatic person in whom 200mg taken twice a day is sufficient(400mg a day)
'THIS SHOULD NOT BE GIUEN TO PERSON HAVING ASTHMA
AS THE ATTACK OF ASTHMA IS INCREASED'
TAKE CARE.
SOURCE- PUBMED
PHARMACOLOGY BY LANGE AND KATZUN
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- Ibuprofen Information for Consumers
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PLEASE NOTE: Adult age is 12 and over, not 10.