PERIOD PAIN AND PAMPRIN
The one I have has
ACETAMINOPHEN 500 MG
PAMABROM 25 MG
PYRILAMINE MALEATE 15 MG
Are any NSAIDS? I see my surgeon this week and i am seriouly considering asking for the lowest possible dose of pain meds, this month has had me in bed with such pain for 2 days.
The particular formulation you mentioned:
ACETAMINOPHEN 500 MG
PAMABROM 25 MG
PYRILAMINE MALEATE 15 MG
should be OK after RNY, because it contains no NSAIDs. HOWEVER, the only useful drug in this witches-brew is the 500 mg of acetaminophen (in other words, one Extra-Strength Tylenol). Just taking drug-store generic acetaminophen would be just as effective and a whole lot cheaper.
"Pamabrom" is an obsolete caffeine-like drug which is included as a purported "water pill", but it's an extraordinarily weak diuretic: you can safely assume that it would have no effect on peri-menstrual fluid retention.
Similarly, "pyrilamine maleate" is an old, first-generation antihistamine that makes a lot of people sleepy. Last I heard, menstruation wasn't an allergic reaction!
It was added to the formulation decades ago well before the FDA had oversight of these OTC drugs. Because "nerves" and "tension" are sometimes symptoms seen with PMS, it was thought desirable to add a mild sedative to the mixture. The problem was that there's no way to add an effective sedative to an OTC preparation, because all of them are serious enough drugs that they require a prescription. So, because antihistamines make people sleepy, pyrilamine was added. But making someone sleepy does not mean that such a drug has any effect on anxiety or "tension", and that's particularly true for antihistamines.So, sure you can take this, but it's a waste of money. Just take a drug-store brand of acetaminophen or Tylenol. Granted, acetaminophen is nowhere as effective against menstrual cramps as a true NSAID, but that simply means that this version of Pamprin would be equally as effective (or ineffective) as plain old acetaminophen.
/Steve
"Oh sweet and sour Jesus, that is GOOD!" - Stephen Colbert Lap RNY 7/07-- Lap Gallbladder 5/08--
Emergency Bowel Repair 6/08 -Dr. Meilahn, Temple U. Upper and Lower Bleph/Lower Face Lift 12/08
Fraxel Repair 2/09-- Lower Bleph Re-Do 5/09 -Dr. Pontell, Media PA Mastopexy/Massive
Brachioplasty/ Extended Abdominoplasty (plus Mons Lift and Upper Leg lift) / Hernia Repair
6/24/09 ---Butt Lift and Lateral Thighplasty Scheduled 7/6/10 - Dr. Ivor Kaplan VA Beach
Total Cost: $33,500 Start wt: 368 RNY wt: 300 Goal wt: 150 Current wt: 148.2 BMI: 24.7
/Steve
It'll take a couple more days, bu****er will leave you. We struggle to understand it all too, but are coming to terms with the fact that even as know-it-alls, as far as the body is concerned, we don't get to fully understand all its mysteries-- even though we want to!
"Oh sweet and sour Jesus, that is GOOD!" - Stephen Colbert Lap RNY 7/07-- Lap Gallbladder 5/08--
Emergency Bowel Repair 6/08 -Dr. Meilahn, Temple U. Upper and Lower Bleph/Lower Face Lift 12/08
Fraxel Repair 2/09-- Lower Bleph Re-Do 5/09 -Dr. Pontell, Media PA Mastopexy/Massive
Brachioplasty/ Extended Abdominoplasty (plus Mons Lift and Upper Leg lift) / Hernia Repair
6/24/09 ---Butt Lift and Lateral Thighplasty Scheduled 7/6/10 - Dr. Ivor Kaplan VA Beach
Total Cost: $33,500 Start wt: 368 RNY wt: 300 Goal wt: 150 Current wt: 148.2 BMI: 24.7
"Oh sweet and sour Jesus, that is GOOD!" - Stephen Colbert Lap RNY 7/07-- Lap Gallbladder 5/08--
Emergency Bowel Repair 6/08 -Dr. Meilahn, Temple U. Upper and Lower Bleph/Lower Face Lift 12/08
Fraxel Repair 2/09-- Lower Bleph Re-Do 5/09 -Dr. Pontell, Media PA Mastopexy/Massive
Brachioplasty/ Extended Abdominoplasty (plus Mons Lift and Upper Leg lift) / Hernia Repair
6/24/09 ---Butt Lift and Lateral Thighplasty Scheduled 7/6/10 - Dr. Ivor Kaplan VA Beach
Total Cost: $33,500 Start wt: 368 RNY wt: 300 Goal wt: 150 Current wt: 148.2 BMI: 24.7
