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Will ingesting sixty 200mg ibuprofen (so 12,000mg) kill me?

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Dr. Michael Kleerekoper answered

Ibuprofen: 200 mg every 6 hours should be OK. If you are worried take 200 mg in the morning and 200 in the afternoon. At Lunch and bedtime take 400.

Answered 9/17/2016

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