Talk:Advil

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But my god does advil work good. I've had a splitting headache and a stiff neck for two days, I drag myself to the shop, looking like a zombie, buy a pack of advil, take two and 20 minutes later I am feeling fine. I'll take a photo of the box and the gel capsules for this page. Note though, that Advil also comes in the chalky tablet form too, not just the gel caps JayKeaton 03:45, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Coincidentally, the same just happened to me, had a terrible headache lasting all night and morning, waking up to a really stiff neck, just took two advil and I'm already starting to feel better. --67.170.232.253 03:40, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

OK, I'd just like to remind you that this discussion page is not a forum or web board to post anecdotes - it supposed to be relating to this article, so if we could just get back on topic for a moment please...?

Hair waxers? Source? An NSAID shouldn't have any effect on "dulling" acute pain. 65.60.222.126 17:12, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

I removed it. The wording seemed to indicate that it was an opinion. --skew-t 05:10, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

I THINK RIGHT AWAY, ADVIL SHOULD BE DESCRIBED IN FORMS OF ALL ACTIVE INGREDIENTS, NOT THE HISTORY RIGHT AWAY —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.96.200.171 (talk)

The only active ingredient is stated in the first sentence of the article --skew-t 05:10, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Merge

I think that this article should be merged into ibuprofen, as it is already listed as an alternative (brand) name for this generic medication on that page. Would someone like to concur or refute please? Thanks. :-) Leevclarke 02:04, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

I'd disagree with a merge. Just as Tylenol is separate from acetaminophen, I think there is probably enough to warrant an article about the specific product. The article isn't great in its present state, but that doesn't mean it can't be improved. --skew-t 05:10, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

Oooh, this article looks horrid! I agree completely with the merge to ibuprofen, no cited info, and generally, hardly anything substantial on this article for Advil either. It looks as though, in the first paragraph, someone who has a problem with the pill wants only to give it a bad name...hmm.. --Pink Sparkle 03:04, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

I think this should remain a separate article. Brand names have important histories in the US, and if drugs like Advil or Tylenol are covered under the same article as other drugs which use the same active ingredient, that brand history can't appropriately be covered. I'll cite the Tylenol scare which is mentioned in the Tylenol article as an example of the kind of thing that I believe warrants individual brands of a drug to have their own article. 68.1.62.73 15:35, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

I agree with not merging, the article is about marketing, not the drug. Warnings and uses should be removed or merged with ibuprofen however. hateless 23:25, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

While I believe that Advil should have it's own article apart from Ibuprofen, this current Advil article is more a description of the chemical ibuprofen than it is Advil. The marketing and brand name of Advil should be expanded upon, with less emphasis on the chemical itself. Currently this article is more like the article for Ibuprofen than it is Advil, but instead of merging, someone should change or completely rewrite the advil article discussing more the history, marketing, and availability of the brand itself. Enouhin 10/17/07

[edit] Nurofen Australian variant

In the "See also" it mentions that Nurofen is an Australian variant, which is true it is a British and Australian variant of this drug. Bit Advil is also sold in Australia, it is a pretty strong brand in Australia too. That should be mentioned somewhere here. It should also be made clearer that it is a product that was first established in America then sold in other countries like Australia (if that is in fact the case of course), because right now the article doesn't make it clear which country it was developed in and which countries it is now sold in. JayKeaton (talk) 08:27, 7 January 2008 (UTC)