By Admin on Dec 7, 2009 in Medicine
I need to know how many mg of Ibuprofen is equivalent to taking one pill of Vicodin. Someone please tell me.
How much Ibuprofen is equivalent to Vicodin?
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Poppy’s right. Ibuprofen is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) and Vicodin (no matter what the proportion, Vicodin/Lortab/Lorcet/Norco are all combinations of the same two drugs – hydrocodone bitartrate with acetaminophen) contains hydrocodone, which is indeed a synthetic codeine analogue. Milligram-for-milligram, hydrocodone is roughly six times "stronger" than codeine. That means that one Vicodin tablet (hydrocodone 5mg / acetaminophen 500mg) has approximately the same analgesic potency as one Tylenol #3 tablet (codeine 30mg / acetaminophen 300mg).
So there’s no equivalent dose of Ibuprofen to get the same effect as Vicodin.
House | Dec 7, 2009 | Reply
No equivalency, Ibuprofen is an antiinflamitory, Vicodin is synthetic Codine.
Poppy | Dec 7, 2009 | Reply
There is no equivalency, they aren’t the same thing at all. Vicodin is a narcotic and Ibuprofen is a NSAID.
P.S. Vicodin is NOT synthetic codeine. Good grief.
gazeygoo | Dec 7, 2009 | Reply