Hi My Question Is Can I Take This Pain Medication

Posted on Sat, 23 Feb 2019

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Question : Hi my question is Can I take this pain medication that I took for rib pain before for my problem now
which is muscle pull on right side of chest beneath breast medication is IC Acetaminophen-cod #3

Answered by Dr. Panagiotis Zografakis (20 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
yes

Detailed Answer:
Hello,

unless you're allergic to any of the ingredients of this pill (acetaminophen or codeine) then you can use it. Just keep in mind that this drug is used for pain-relief only. It won't make the injury heal faster though...

Kind Regards!

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar