Advil and Ibuprofen has been around since the early 1960’s, and you probably take it more than you think. Have you ever had a tooth ache or head ache and taken medicine to stop the pain? You most likely took Advil or Ibuprofen, but have you ever stopped and wondered what the difference between the two were? What are the side effects of taking these types of medicines? How do they work in the body? In this paper, I am going to talk about and explain these questions you may have. Advil and Ibuprofen have very few differences and a lot of similarities. Let’s start with the fact that they are the same drug. The drug used in Advil is Ibuprofen. Ibuprofen is considered the generic pill and Advil is the name brand. They are both over the counter
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The good effects of Ibuprofen are the reducing of swelling, lower fevers, and reducing pain. The side effects are affected by a couple of things. The most common effects are irritation in your stomach. Younger people can get the medicine out their body faster than elderly people. that is why doctors must monitor and moderate the amount of medicine they take. Babies and younger children are still growing and changing, therefor taking too much medication can easily affect their organs and tissue. There is a process of which your body takes in a drug. The first step is administration, taking the medicine or putting it into the body. Then it is put into the bloodstream and distributed into different organs and tissues. Your brain consumes 16% of the drug. The third stage is performance, when the medicine starts making effects and relieve pain. The last step is elimination, or when the body washes out the medicine through waste. There are a couple different ways to administer the drugs. Most are administered orally or in other words swallowed. They can also be injected straight into the blood stream. It acts the fastest this way, so most nurses or doctors inject medication if the patient needs it right away.
Medicine can also be injected. An example would be an inhaler, for when you have problems breathing. The last way medicine can be administered is being applied to the skin if you have a rash or a dermatological
The good effects of Ibuprofen are the reducing of swelling, lower fevers, and reducing pain. The side effects are affected by a couple of things. The most common effects are irritation in your stomach. Younger people can get the medicine out their body faster than elderly people. that is why doctors must monitor and moderate the amount of medicine they take. Babies and younger children are still growing and changing, therefor taking too much medication can easily affect their organs and tissue. There is a process of which your body takes in a drug. The first step is administration, taking the medicine or putting it into the body. Then it is put into the bloodstream and distributed into different organs and tissues. Your brain consumes 16% of the drug. The third stage is performance, when the medicine starts making effects and relieve pain. The last step is elimination, or when the body washes out the medicine through waste. There are a couple different ways to administer the drugs. Most are administered orally or in other words swallowed. They can also be injected straight into the blood stream. It acts the fastest this way, so most nurses or doctors inject medication if the patient needs it right away.
Medicine can also be injected. An example would be an inhaler, for when you have problems breathing. The last way medicine can be administered is being applied to the skin if you have a rash or a dermatological