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Is diclofenac sodium the same as advil (ibuprofen)?
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No: Both are antiinflammatory medications but different ones.
Answered 9/18/2013
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Same type of: It is the same type of medicine. Both are anti-inflammatory pain killers. But not same medicine.
Answered 9/18/2013
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