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My sister is 12 years old and she took mefenamic acid 11pm yesterday. is it safe to take ibuprofen 11pm today? the mefenamic is 250mg and the ibuprofen that she will take today is 200mg
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Yes: However the recommendation with mfenamic is not to take unless 14 yo.
Answered 1/6/2017
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