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)

shitty cakes

Can anyone actually verify the 67 layers claim?24.18.201.170 (talk) 01:46, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

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)

No need - Advil is a brand name - history of the creation of Ibuprofen should be where it is now - in the Ibuprofen section (infact "Nurofen" still belongs to Boots Healthcare who developed the drug). I have also removed the "See Also" section - no need to name another brand as a "variant" (they are not even made by the same pharmaceutical company) 86.143.83.104 (talk) 00:23, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

A bit too close to advertising?

"Advil is unique in ibuprofen brands with its 67-layer coating that allows for an exact dose timing into the blood stream" - okay, but if 234 other brands had a 66-layer coating and 242 a 68-layer coating the statement would still be technically true! If it can be truthfully changed to something like "with its multi-layer coating" and given a decent reference, then okay. Otherwise, I feel it should be deleted. 86.132.142.11 (talk) 18:44, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Taking all questions?

In terms of the 67 layers on Advil, what do you want to know? What they are made of? How they work? I invented the manufacturing process so I can tell you. No to answer your question, no other manufacturers use this type of controled release system (micro controled layers of XXXXX , sorry can't tell you the main ingreadent, but you can probablly guess if you ever tasted one. Basically its too expensive. Wyeth went this way to be able to tie in initial reasearch on disolving in the intestine as opposed to the stomach. Other manufacturer's use typically a coating composed of a material similar to a plastic, that is typically only 1 or 2 layers. That's is one issue with being first, sometimes you have to follow an expensive path, where those behind you can follow in your steps, cheaply. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dolphingvp (talk • contribs) 14:12, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

Removed half of stomach bleeding section

It used to say "Prior to this, doctors would prescribe all medications that caused stomach bleeding (like aspirin and cymbalta) without concern. Or something stupid to that extent. First, cymbalta is an anti-depressant, and is in no way shape or form even related to aspirin. Second, this is completely irrelevant to the article. No one needs to know that MD's stopped prescribing all medications that caused stomach bleeding (because they didn't) after the FDA made advil's manufacturer add a warning label to the advil box. MD's continue to prescribe medications that have stomach bleeding as a side effect. What a worthless piece to add to the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.200.115.120 (talk) 12:18, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

The "History" section is confusing the history of the advil brand with that of the chemical Ibuprofen. Ibuprofen was discovered by boots in england, was sold as a prescription drug under license to Upjon from 1974, and Advil became one of several brands avaliable OTC in 1984.

Also, the statement that the 3200mg doseage cap is 3 times higher than that used now is wrong. For OTC use, the maximum recomended dose is 1200mg/day, for prescription use, 3200mg/day is still permitted. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.209.49.58 (talk) 06:37, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

In responce to 121.209.49.58

You are correct that it was discovered by Boots, but that is the chemical not the dosage form. Boots had a major issue in that they could not design a way to mass product the product. They made it by hand (yes by hand) and the dosage was 4 times higher. Upjohn never actually made any. It was made by Boots and shipped over for Upjohn to sell. The key was the coating process developed at Whitehall. This made Advil unique and made stomach issues a non issue. However, what they never told people is that if a tablet is chipped or broken it will affect your stomach. The fear was that if people got a bottle with a chipped tablet in it, they would want to return it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dolphingvp (talk • contribs) 11:37, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

section-thoughts

To me, "1988 - Mega Sales = Mega Production" doesn't really sound wiki- or encyclopaedia-like at all.. Testpath (talk) 16:48, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

The entire article just reads like a sales pamphlet. 95.166.215.238 (talk) 11:25, 2 October 2011 (UTC)

Merge

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section. A summary of the conclusions reached follows.

The result was no consensus. -- Ron Ritzman (talk) 17:34, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

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I see no valid rationale for having this article, when all pharmaceutic information is better given in Ibuprofen. The section there could get some market share information and that's it. --Pjacobi (talk) 15:16, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

Agree. This article should be merged with Ibuprofen. Nazgul02 (talk) 15:02, 24 August 2010 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Restored old "Adverse effects" information

Because to my knowledge advil has never made a uterus explode, nor is it marketed as a "cure" for gayness. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.191.104.156 (talk) 02:24, 25 October 2011 (UTC)

"Hammonton, New Jersey Plant closes" citation

This just links to some guy's resumé. Should we really be using it as a source? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ummel (talk • contribs) 19:56, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

Not at all. It was blatant and utterly unacceptable self-promotion. I reworked the history section to remove it, and also to reduce the legacy of the clear copy-paste of some old promotional brochure that was going on. Makes me think we should revive the idea of redirecting this to the ibuprofen article. oknazevad (talk) 02:43, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

Typo?

The assertion isn't sourced, and I don't know whether it's true, so I won't make the fix myself, but "this move was short lived, and the units ended up in Guayama in 2004" probably referred to Guyana. 69.141.42.167 (talk) 21:46, 23 November 2014 (UTC)