Is it okay to take antibiotics, codrol, panadol and nurofen?
I took antibiotics and codrol cold and flu tablets at 4pm and 2 hours have passed. I took panadol like 10 minutes ago cause I have a headache, my dad just went to get nurofen because it's so bad. I'm going to take antibiotics and codrol at 9-10pm. Is it safe to combine all 4 pills?
Posted by prashmanic
Nurofen contains Paracetamol.
Codrol cold and flu contains Paracetamol, codeine phosphate.
Don't take this two together because they are same thing.
Don't take Nurofen (contains Ibuprofen) which is likely to interact with Panadol (Contains Paracetamol) or Codrol cold and flu
My advice: Take 2 tabs of Codral Cold & flu with antibiotic.
Posted by Mathieu
You are taking Nurofen (ibuprofen) and Panadol (Paracetamol)
and Codral which has Aspirin and Codeine. It is not good to take both ibuprofen and aspirin together because they are both NSAID's. Taking one NSAID and Panadol is fine but there is technically an increased risk of liver toxicity but typically for people using the medications long term. I am not sure what antibiotic you are taking but you should be fine. I know, off the top of my head, that penicillins (all drugs related to penicillin) and tetracyclines (Doxycycline, Minocycline, Tetracycline) are fine.
So you are probably a little hard on the liver but complications would be extremely rare. I would either talk with your doctor if your pain needs better control or skip either the Nurofen or Codrol. And DO NOT mix Nurofen plus (which also have codeine) with Codrol.
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