Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site bbncca.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!bbncca!obrien From: obrien@bbncca.ARPA (Mike O'Brien ) Newsgroups: net.women.only Subject: Re: Excuse me, but ... Message-ID: <1191@bbncca.ARPA> Date: Sun, 9-Dec-84 17:22:33 EST Article-I.D.: bbncca.1191 Posted: Sun Dec 9 17:22:33 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 10-Dec-84 03:28:00 EST References: <159@ttidcc.UUCP> Organization: Bolt, Beranek and Newman, Cambridge, Ma. Lines: 24 Let me also mention that I've found Midol to be God's non-sexist gift to man- and woman-kind. It is the best headache remedy I have ever found; I no longer use aspirin unless Midol isn't available. The muscle relaxant, I think, is what turns the trick. I've also used ibuprofen (Motrin/Advil) for tendonitis: like aspirin, it is anti- inflammatory, but while aspirin takes ten days to build up in the bloodstream and do any good as an anti-inflammatory, ibuprofen only takes three days. So says my doctor, anyway. I have heard some women say that Midol does nothing for them when period time rolls around. I suspect the problem may be one of dosage. Some of my fiercer headaches totally ignore the first two Midol, but break up and go away completely upon receipt of the third, leaving me not at all spacy; on the other hand, even two Midol will leave me spaced if the headache is not severe. Seems to be a matter of matching the dosage to the ailment, like those little old lady cancer patients in England who seem able to use large doses of heroin as a painkiller without becoming addicted. By the way, I support this group and think that most men do; given the huge readership on the and the high degree of interest in the most remotely controversial topics, I think the number of socially damaged postings here has been commendably low, though it might not seem so in absolute terms.