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By Anonymous - 21/04/2013 17:36 - Kuwait - Kuwait

Today, I had to explain to my girlfriend that taking triple the maximum dosage of painkillers won't actually triple its effects. She rolled her eyes, called me clueless, and said that I should "leave this stuff to the professionals." She's studying to become a doctor. FML

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By cuntingbitchofawhore - 06/02/2016 03:11 - United States - Bloomington

Today, I told my step-mom that my medication is causing me to lose weight. She looked me up and down and suggested I triple my dosage. FML

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By DeaazGurl - 22/01/2021 17:01

Today, the medicine I keep at my desk for headaches is now gone thanks to my coworker who took the last 6 Advil at once. Her reasoning? "You're thin, so you wouldn't need them anyway. I'm twice your size, so I needed twice the dose." FML

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By SF49 - 16/01/2013 18:26 - United States

Today, my girlfriend came back from visiting her family. She'd forgotten to take her pills, and decided to "catch up" by taking almost a week's worth of birth control and prescription pills. She's fine, but I had to convince the ER staff that she's not suicidal, just stupid. FML

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By indefiniteforest - 20/02/2017 13:00 - United States - Hillsboro

Today, my roommate was complaining about a headache, so I offered her some aspirin. She looked at me like I was stupid and said, "Uh... That stuff's only for heart attacks." I'm living with an idiot. FML

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By Live02Dance - 25/06/2011 12:58 - United States

Today, my mother won't give me any painkillers for my migraine. She believes that "When medicine goes into your stomach, the acids stop the medicine from working" and that "It's all in people's heads when medicine works". FML

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By Okay doctor - 26/02/2022 10:00

Today, after a 20-minute conversation, I'm still unable to convince my grandmother that Tylenol and Acetaminophen are the same thing. I just graduated med school. FML

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By sopheeah - 29/05/2012 07:54 - Australia - Melbourne

Today, my boyfriend called me, panicking. Apparently he had a headache, but wasn't concentrating on what tablets he grabbed, and accidentally took tablets for "relief of period pain". He was convinced he was going to grow ovaries overnight. FML

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By _Tatyana_ - 13/06/2013 07:05 - United States - Gettysburg

Today, after getting my wisdom teeth pulled, I woke up from a much needed nap realizing I should take my pain medication. My mother then told me she had thrown them out so I wouldn't get addicted and become a drug dealer. FML

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By Agonised - 29/05/2021 00:01

Today, I went to the hospital for crippling back pain that made it impossible to walk. The doctor was more interested in telling me off for not taking a pill that he admitted doesn't help acute pain. He then gave me an injection that wore off in an hour, and sent me home, telling me to take over the counter meds. FML

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By Stevie - 17/12/2016 03:15 - United States - Southfield

Today, I kindly explained to a client that she had calculated her CD interest wrong. She kindly responded that, as a nurse, she would never give me medical treatment if I was involved in a car accident. FML

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Monday 22 April 2013 3:35

Write this moment down and remind her of it in four years and ask again who's clueless.

DocBastard 38

Monday 22 April 2013 5:19

Cryptic17 - No, the thing that will increase is the concentration if the drug in her bloodstream, and when you increase the plasma concentration, you generally increase the response. SapphireVelvet is right - OP IS clueless.

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0tterp0p 2

Monday 22 April 2013 21:14

You do realize that you can get prescription strength ibuprofen that is 800 mg? The average over the counter pill is 200 mg. This doesn't say what she was taking, but it is really hard to overdose on OTC painkillers.

Superjen30123 4

Monday 22 April 2013 21:47

She's right. You just a ****** idiot

cmb8280 24

Monday 22 April 2013 22:06

3x the max dosage of painkillers will in fact triple it's effects. Hard to be in pain when you're passed out on the sofa :)

thehowiie 6

Monday 22 April 2013 23:59

I don't think she'll make the cut.

cherylf79 4

Tuesday 23 April 2013 4:40

if it's a pain killer of course it will triple the affect. you are a moron

TVKill3r 15

Tuesday 23 April 2013 6:52

Do you live under a rock? It's called maximum dosage for a reason.

xgetxbentx 13

Tuesday 23 April 2013 8:22

She's not entirely wrong, however as someone who is supposed to be concerned about her well being, I must say you should worry a little less on which one of you is clueless and a little more about the damage she could be causing to her body. Given the drug and her size, take 3x more than she is supposed to take could do some serious damage.

zee12101 11

Tuesday 23 April 2013 16:41

I don't blame her. Med studies does this to people. :(

Cfjla15 6

Tuesday 23 April 2013 22:59

you and the 30,000 other people that agreed with you are dumb. More medicine definitely equals more effect.

looney_mc 4

Wednesday 24 April 2013 2:21

Yea it dies

Dgenerate 3

Wednesday 24 April 2013 10:17

Hell, my gf took double the max of painkillers once, even after I told her not to, because I KNEW wtf was gonna happen. Didn't listen and sure enough, the painkillers caused more pain to her than it would have gotten rid of.