Nurses General Nursing
Published Jun 18, 2007
biker nurse
230 Posts
Today I wasn't feeling well so I bought a bottle of Pamprin. Well, I was reading the bottle and I couldn't believe it but it said" DO NOT USE IF YOU HAVE AN ENLARGED PROSTATE!!!" WHAT??? How many men need a pre menstral medication?? Was I absent that day at nursing school???
Myxel67
463 Posts
People don't always use OTC meds as directed. Check the list of ingredients. Is it something like acetamenophen aand maybe something that works as a diuretic? If there was nothing else in the house and the guy had a headache, he might try it.
Or he might feel like a woman in a man's body.......
Info from Pamprin website:
Drug Facts Active ingredients (in each caplet)
Purpose
Acetaminophen 250 mg
Pain reliever
Magnesium salicylate 250 mg
Pamabrom 25 mg
Diuretic
This is for Pamprin Cramp formula
The other 2: Pamprin All Day and Pamprin MultiSympton contain only Naproxyn (an NSAID--same as Aleve)
TazziRN, RN
6,487 Posts
Uh..........don't you mean "pros-TATE"?
NellieP73
30 Posts
Prostate, not prostrate, right?
Haha tazzi, you beat me!
OK OK I Fixed it!! But it still is funny. No man I know would take this kind of medicine!!!
kwagner_51
592 Posts
I actually gave a guy some midol when I was taking auto mechanics. He asked what it was and I told him. He asked if he would grow breasts!! I laughed out loud and told him no but he might have to shave his armpits.
He took it anyway. He had a headache.
SaderNurse05, BSN, RN
293 Posts
In my younger days, I had a male friend who had a headache...All we had was Midol. We gave it to him and then 2 hours later staring acting like he was growing boobs- "OMG Ricky you are getting man boobs! Ooops, we gave him Midol, it must be causing the man boobs". It was pretty funny.
I read this post to my hubs and daughter and daughter's friend, and they all stared with "Say what?" expressions!
HeatherB,CST
243 Posts
I like the Midol with ibuprofin, caffeine, and a diuretic in it...even if it's just a headache and not period-related! Thay way, headache goes away, i'm alert, and feel a bit skinnier!
icuwant2rn
110 Posts
LOL :lol2:
miss arron
156 Posts
the first time i noticed that i too was flabergasted... why on earth would a man take pms meds?
now i have a live in boyfriend who i feed midol when we're out of ibuprofrin...