Inventory at the House of Pain

[slipjig3]

I finally got around to counting all the analgesics in the house: (NOTE: all numbers refer to quantity of bottles / packages)

Aspirin
* Eckerd brand: 1
* generic: 1

Acetaminophen
* Extra Strength Tylenol gelcaps: 1
* Tylenol PM: 1
* Children's Tylenol (liquid): 1
* Children's Tylenol (chewables): 1
* Infants' Tylenol: 2
* Excedrin Migraine: 1
* generic: 1

Ibuprofen
* Motrin IB: 2
* Children's Motrin (liquid): 1
* Children's Advil (liquid): 1
* generic (500 pill bottle, unopened): 1

Naproxin
* Aleve (sample pack): 1

The preceding list does not include prescription medications or anything that might be lurking in either my in-laws' bathroom or individuals' purses. Hi, this is my family. We hurt.

Comments

[odheirre.livejournal.com]

You have kids, right?

Seriously, that's a lot. When I broke my ribs / collar / head, they gave me Vicodin. Strong stuff.

[slipjig.livejournal.com]

Vicodin? And you didn't sell it to high school kids for a huge profit? (Seriously, though: how's the broken everything doing?)

And yes, we have two kids under 7, and two grownups who are prone to full-blown migraines and have to share a house with children under 7. It adds up.

Re:

[odheirre.livejournal.com]

I'd imagine.

Yeah, I kept the Vicodin for way past the expiration date, and then tossed it. And I'm glad to say that everything healed up, all save a bit of double vision when I get fatigued.

[spoothbrush.livejournal.com]

Excedrin Migraine is my friend.

[slipjig.livejournal.com]

You are aware that it's the same as the regular Excedrin, just with different packaging, right? Good stuff, nonetheless.

[spoothbrush.livejournal.com]

I have no objection to this. I like the color of the migraine bottle. And it's the only time that caffeine knowingly enters my system. (that came out wrong).

I have trouble with high-tech painkillers -- I built up a frightening resistance to Advil, etc. in high school, and I'm allergic to opiates, which I found out after I got my wisdom teeth out (not the best time to be throwing up). But the Excedrin does good things.