Targeted pain relief
You know the adverts for painkillers where they talk about ‘targeted pain relief’, usually with the aid of animated blue pain-seeking missiles of relief tearing through the body unerringly in the direction of the red, throbbing pain?
Well last night I suffered a gashed tongue at dinner, which continued to sting after being cauterized with eau de vie. So when I got home I took two ibuprofen and rather than swallow them, placed them on my tongue, where they dissolved, surprisingly quickly, directly into the wound.
And so to bed.
This entry was posted on Monday, September 18th, 2006 at 1:58 PM and filed under New stuff. Trackbacks are closed.
that’s an excellent idea - a few years ago I burnt my hand on an iron and we were with a nursing friend who told me to dissolve 4 aspirins in water and put my hand in the water for 30 mins. Worked brilliantly - stopped hurting and reduced swelling.
Posted on 18-Sep-06 at 9:33 pm | PermalinkHow did you gash your tongue?
Posted on 19-Sep-06 at 6:15 am | Permalinkdmts: surely the same technique could be applied to any area of the body. Next time I stub my toe, I’m dipping it in a tureen of dissolved aspirin.
Norah: tussle with a alligator.
Posted on 19-Sep-06 at 7:51 am | Permalinkwohwo what a cool ad for ibuprofen :)
Posted on 19-Sep-06 at 12:43 pm | PermalinkYou were fighting an alligator with your *tongue*?
Posted on 20-Sep-06 at 3:39 pm | PermalinkThat’s liquid-nitrogen cool.
(If I believed you).