Why do you need to rotate Tylenol and Motrin for fevers?!
Question: What's up with that? Kindly.
Answers: What's up with that? Kindly.
The other answer is right, but, there is also another good reason to rotate them. Motrin is supposed to be taken every 6-8 hours. Taking it more often can cause kidney damage. Tylenol is only supposed to be taken every 4-6 hours, and taking too much of it will cause liver damage. So...if you rotate the two drugs every 3 hours or so, you can keep a more constant level of fever reducing medicine in your body without the problems of overdosing. The reason you can alternate them at sooner intervals is because these drugs belong to different drug classifications and work in different ways, so there is not a cumulative effect by alternating them both at shorter intervals.
ur body will only absorb 1500mg of ibuprofen
The use of motrin and Tylenol both gives you a constant level of fever reduction. You alternate them every two hours- but you are still taking each one four hours apart. For instance, say you take two Tylenol at 8am. At 10 you would take two motrin, and at 12 you would take another dose of Tylenol. At 2pm you would take Motrin again. There would always be some medication at peak concentration to give you relief from aches, pains and fever. You don't have to do it this way, you can stick to using just one or the other. But in the worst of the flu or a cold, it can sure make life a little more bearable until you start to feel better.
i am not sure..i have never head that before...i just take tylenol during the day and motrin before bed with a snack and milk
tylenol is acetaminophen and motrin..is in the ibuprophen family...