HealthTap Online Primary Care Doctors Accepting New Patients
Book a video visit
HealthTap
Telehealth
A member asked:

Help! is 5 excedrin pm pills at one time too many to take?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Yes: Each contains 500 mg acetaminophen and 38 mg diphenhydramine. Five of those is an excessive amount of either product at one time.

Dr Ali and 3 doctors agreed

Answered 5/2/2015

3.8k views

Thank

Related Questions

A member asked:

I have a cold and bad mouth pain I want to sleep can I take 800mg ibuprofen plus 2 excedrin pm plus 2 alka seltzer night time capsules ?

3 doctors weighed in across 2 answers

A member asked:

Take 2 Excedrin about 9 times a month for migraines, but it really bothers my stomach, what can I do to heal my stomach, are there any good foods I can eat for less irritation and healing? Any other suggestions for different non addictive pills,help?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

A member asked:

Dr, I have bad headache. I usually take Excedrin often for frequent headaches to help. I have possible kidney stones and stings when i pee. Should i take two tylenol, (acetaminophen) one Excedrin pill or tramadol?

2 doctors weighed in across 2 answers

A member asked:

Please explain what happens when you take lyrica (pregabalin) and Excedrin pm together?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

A member asked:

I had a headache from 4 pm - 5 am. I didn't take anything. I took Excedrin around 4 am but it didn't help. Then I took Maxalt (rizatriptan) MLT around 5 am and it helped. Can you take Excedrin and Maxalt (rizatriptan) for migraine?

5 doctors weighed in across 3 answers

Sponsored Content
HealthTap Medical Group does not endorse products or services. Sponsored content revenues support our mission to make health information free and accessible to all.Learn more

People also searched for:

My son,35, was experiencing a lot of migraines, he was taking either Excedrin or Advil about 3 times a week for several months, would not take more than 2 pills of either in one day, never both together, could that cause liver problems?
Can I take tramadol and excedrin pm at the same time?
I took aleve (2 pills) around 11 pm for a toothache. It's not 3:08 am and the pain hasn't gone away can I take excedrin?
Am i right that it's no issue to take Excedrin pm as a sleeping pill?
I have bad ra pain can I take two excedrin pm and 800 mg ibuprofen at the same time at night time ?

Telemedicine

Primary Care
Manage Your Conditions
Women's Health
Children's Health
Men's Health
Senior Health
Wellness, Prevention & Lifestyle
Sexual Health
Mental & Behavioral Health
Travel Medicine
Urgent Care
Ask your question
Didn't find what you're looking for?

90,000 U.S. doctors in 147 specialties are here to answer your questions or offer you advice, prescriptions, and more.

Ask your question

More of what we treat

Allergies
Antibiotics
Asthma
High Blood Pressure
Prescriptions
Type 2 Diabetes
Content on HealthTap (including answers) should not be used for medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment, and interactions on HealthTap do not create a doctor-patient relationship. Never disregard or delay professional medical advice in person because of anything on HealthTap. Call your doctor or 911 if you think you may have a medical emergency.
HealthTap
HIPAA logo
HIPAASecure
Soc 2 Type 2 logo
SOC 2 Type 2Certified
JCAHO Accredited
JCAHOAccredited
Member App

Download HealthTap

Video visit and message your doctor

Member App QR Code
Play Store Member LinkApp Store Member Link

Questions?

+1 (888) 828-0841support@healthtap.com
LinkedInTwitter
HomeTermsPrivacyCookiesDMCAHealth TopicsDoctors DirectoryDoctor Q&A by Specialty
Copyright 2026 HealthTap, Inc.