Headache Medicine

[not2sweet]

I get a lot of headaches and so far haven't taken anything for it because I wasn't sure what I could take. I used to take Ibuprofin but looking at the label, it has cornstarch in it.

What is an Atkins friendly headache cure?

Thanks! :hug

[MistyDawn1973]

Well, one of the fellow Atkineers told me to take Advil........

[Shay]

I've been getting killer headaches and I have been taking ibuprophen...I neber even thought to check a label on it first...oops

Shay

[Moochiecat]

Advil is ibuprofen.

Unless you are taking 7 or 8 bottles of it daily, the tiny little amount of cornstarch in a few tablets isn't going to have much impact on you, so go ahead and take your medicine.

I mistakenly bought easy-swallow tylenol once though, and as soon as it hits your mouth the coating melts and you don't need water to swallow them. Cool idea...BUT the coating was absolutely sickly sweet! I think it had sucralose in it, as I recall, but omg..it was disgusting! Even pre-Atkins I would have found it disgusting!

[not2sweet]

lol that sounds gross...I do love my ibuprofin, but only a couple at a time :nod

Thanks for helping!

[2big4mysize]

you can take any OTC pain med you normally take when you need one except for those that contain caffeine. The weight loss slowing is for folk who take the NSAIDs on a daily bases but slow lose painfree is much beter then no loss.

Happy low carbing.