Need advise on plurisy managment. what are my options?

See Primary care: Usually this requires some medical care each person may need different type of treatment. Sometimes it may take several days to see improvement and can be a cause of pain and short of breath.

Analgesics: Ibuprofen or acetaminophen, rest, and a visit tot he doctor to make sure that pleurisy is the only problem going on.

Pleurisy is just a : Symptom caused by an underlying condition such as lung condition, infection or clot in lungs, bronchitis from viral/ bacterial infection etc it can be alleviated by taking tylenol (acetaminophen) or nsaids. Treat the underlying illness and your pleurisy will get better. Take care!

NSAID : Pleurisy is a problem of inflammation around the lung . It can be really painful especially with full breaths. The goal of treatment is aimed at reducing the inflammation. Medications in this category include the non steroidal anti inflammatory medications like Ibuprofen and aleve (naproxen ) in therapeutic doses and a host of others . If these meds can't be tolerated steroids can be. Used.