Happy F'ing Thursday lol

[Cleo]

Originally Posted by cd34

If you look at Excederin versus Extra Strength Tylenol, you'll find that the difference is that Excedrin is 250mg aspirin, 250mg acetaminophen and 65mg caffeine and Tylenol is 500mg acetaminophen but no aspirin or caffeine. Caffeine is used to speed digestion, which is why Excedrin appears to help quicker, but, for me, I find the acetaminophen to be the ingredient that helps the most.

Excedrin is the only thing that works for me.

Left untreated my migraines will get so bad that I'll start throwing up and I become real light sensitive.

Also I find that popping two in the morning seems to help in preventing me from getting then in the first place.

Tylenol alone doesn't seem to do anything for me.

[cd34]

Originally Posted by Cleo

Excedrin is the only thing that works for me.

So either it is the aspirin or caffeine that works for you. You might try Bayer Extra Strength, it is 500mg aspirin with no acetaminophen and no caffeine. Then, you'd be getting 2x the dose of what appears to work for you.

For me, acetaminophen is what helps - and I noticed the difference the first time I took Excedrin which made me do the research. Excedrin helped, but, wasn't nearly as good for me and I figured it had to be something in the ingredients.