Is it safe to take 800 mg advil?

Answer 1

It says on the bottle not to take more than 6 200mg tablets every 24 hours. However, the maximum dose that is printed on the medicine bottle is always much lower than the maximum dose that you can actually take. They just don't want to get sued, so they warn you never to take more than 6 tablets when you can actually take, like, twice as many.

However, you should check with your doctor before going over the maximum recommended dose. What's safe for most people may not be safe for you. But whenever I've had sports injuries, my doctor has told me to take 3 tablets every 4 hours (instead of 2 every 8 hours). ibuprofen (Advil) is not just a pain reliever, but an anti-inflammatory, so taking larger doses will help the injury heal faster.

Answer 2

You should not take more than 800 mg (four over-the-counter tablets of 200 mg each) every eight hours - taking more ibuprofen will cause stomach ulcers and internal bleeding.

Answer 3

I hope so, because I just did it @ work by accident. I didn't read the label before I took them. I just popped 3 (200 mg) pills into my mouth...

Answer 4

yes