ibuprofen

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#1 Post by **PIMPmyTEETH** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 6:13 pm

my ortho told me that ibuprofen consumption slows down tooth movement. out of curiosity, i did a little googling. this is one of the articles i found:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/quer ... s=16979495

its just an abstract, but it shows a brief description of the results of the study. apparently, its true. no more advil for the next 1.5 years.

#2 Post by **lionfish** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 6:41 pm

The article is not clear about how frequently the rats (poor bastards not only copped braces, they got the bullet as well) were given advil and the relative dose to body weight, etc.

I would imagine that a handful of advil along the way wouldn't slow things down noticeably, but if you're hooked on the stuff that could be another story.

For what it's worth, I've reached for the painkillers just once in 12 months (and it wasn't advil).

#3 Post by **manglemouth** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 6:49 pm

I can't believe they put braces on rats

How?? With tweezers? Poor things, first that and then they got killed. How awful.

Sorry I couldn't even read any of the actual scientific stuff! Huge animal lover here

#4 Post by **Ruby Tuesday** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 12:51 am

A friend of mine was told by his ortho not to use the stuff because it would slow down treatment, but I use it from time to time.. That is the first time I had heard of it though.

#5 Post by **Lisa65** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 6:08 am

Poor rats

some awful things are done to innocent creatures in the name of "research"

My ortho told me to use ibuprofen if I needed a painkiller as it was better for "bone pain" than paracetamol. I don't take many though.

#6 Post by **Lisa65** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 7:38 am

I found this link too

http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/booth ... Ibone.html

#7 Post by **tommyfive** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 11:59 pm

our ortho brought this up when wifey got her braces on yesterday, and it scared her so that she went through two days of mild to moderate discomfort (not pain) until tonight when she had complained about the discomfort enough so that *I* got worried that she was torturing herself.

i've been reading here for two months now and have seen how much a little ibuprofen can help (a lot), so i said: wifey, one or two days taking ibuprofen will not extend your treatment by six or twelve months. make these first few days easier for yourself and use it.

she did, and an hour later she was happily chomping on a cheeseburger (literally, if a little carefully).

you're in it for the long haul, don't make it any more unpleasant than it has to be!

T

#8 Post by **lionfish** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 10:36 am

Exactly, and if you're really concerned about advil, there are always homeopathic alternatives.

#9 Post by **PIMPmyTEETH** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 3:39 pm

Regardless of their results' validity - it's a bad write up which makes it seem like bad science.

its just the abstract...besides, if there is even the slightest risk of something slowing down my progress, and there is an alternative, i'm going to take the alternative. i'll stick to tylenol just in case.

there have been many studies done on the subject that come to the same conclusion.

of course, the amount of ibuprofen taken to relieve pain may not matter all that much, but why take the chance at all?

#10 Post by **LithpingLitha** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 4:28 pm

I dislike taking pain relievers, but I learned that they help me during appointments.
I didn't take pain reliever my 1st week in skinny spacers, and I was miserable when eating the entire week.
I took Advil right before my appt. for bigger spacers. The difference in my comfort was amazing. The teeth definitely moved!
For my brace day, I took an Advil before the appt., and it helped.
I plan to pop an Advil or ibuprofen before each adjustment.

#11 Post by **mayday** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 3:31 pm

This is one of the things my Ortho recommended to me--he said that I should use Tylenol instead, because others have a tendency to be slower.

I know when I considered AOO--it really said that I should take Advil, because it would work against the surgery.

#12 Post by **Danielle** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 6:21 pm

Humans are the most revolting species on this earth!

Agreed! This "study" sounds awful. Anyway, I'm not sure how much damage a little Advil could do during treatment... it can't be that bad as my Ortho/Dentist recommends and even prescribes Ibuprofen for me... I've only taken something for the pain (or as they like to say pressure) a couple of times and it's usually Aleve.