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Took ibuprofen for pain, very hot w/ fever while after, no fever before taking it. same happened last time took it. dr. says no connection- possible?
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Hard to say,: Why were you taking the ibuprofen in the first place? If you were having symptoms of a cold or a sore throat or other infectious illness, then the fever may have been due to the illness, not the ibuprofen. If not, then maybe the ibuprofen did cause it. Rare and unreported reactions can occur with any medicine, since no two people are alike. "Idiosyncratic" (drug reactions can occur with any med
Answered 10/1/2015
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