ibuprofen / ketoprofen

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Message 61680 · 5 Aug 2011 23:44:57 · Fixed-width font · Whole thread

| Unfortunately ketoprofen, which is very effective, is only OTC
| (non-prescription) in Europe in Finland, France, Ireland, The Netherlands
| and Portugal. Also more effective is Diclofenac which is OTC in Germany,
| Italy, Netherlands, Spain and Sweden, but in both cases you have to take
| at least twice the recommended non-prescription dose. And naproxen, more
| effective than ibuprofen in equivalent doses, which is OTC in all EU
| countries except Denmark and Finland. There is no scientific reason for
| the differences in availability. It just depends on local prejudices.
|
| Jerry
| London & Paris

More likely it's the result of payoffs ("campaign contributions")
from the drug companies to get their competitors' products blocked.
It's not surprising that this might be turn out different in
different countries.

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