Suppositiories (Tylenol) for headache.

Has anyone tried this method?

I have not tried to Tylenol suppositiories, but my bf makes his own suppositories that he uses on me. Some have ginger for when he need to disipline, and some have soothing ingredients.

Not sure what you mean by tylenol suppositories!! never heard of them .

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not sure what you mean by tylenol suppositories!! never heard of them .[/quote]

He means exactly what he said. Tylenol also comes as a suppository.

It works better and faster when you swallow it though.

Used them when I had my jaw broken and wired shut. I tried to swallow my meds crushed but the taste sucked. So my Buddy a Dr. prescribed some suppositories for me. Yes Susie they did work much better and seemed much quicker to metabolise.

Was at the drug store today must be something they do not sell there and its a major drug store . :-\ wonder if they even sell it in the u.s.a?

Depends on the Drug Prescription Regulations, somethings here are over the counter and prescription in the USA. Try asking your Pharmacist.

Usually if its suppositories or stool whatever its over the counter stuff. Very rarely is something like that perscription only. here at least

I had to have it after an operation when I was a kid. I still couldnt swallow pills even with water, so they resorted to just giving me tylenol suppositories.

Rectal Tylenol is great when you cannot take oral meds. They absorb and work faster then oral.

Yes I have ,they also still make aspirin suppositories have had to use those also , Pharmacist has them in refrigerator behind the counter at most places.

I had to get these every now and then when I was a kid. When I would get sick i would get high fevers, like 103/104, and I couldn't keep anything down, so I had to get tylenol suppositories to help bring my fever down. My mom would pull the back of my pants down while I laid on my belly and insert them. I always hated how a little bit would seep out too.

They may not be actually branded Tylenol....and just called acetaminophen suppositories. They do work well!

A few years back my wife had a stomach bug and couldn’t get anything down without immediately throwing it back. Called the Dr and he prescribed a suppository that really calmed her down. We we’re worried about dehydration. Don’t remember what the drug was.

Don’t remember what the drug was.

Almost certainly Promethazine (Phenergan).

What are the effects of this suppository?

My OB/GYN prescribed Phenergan suppositories for morning sickness in my later 20s. They burned but not that bad, although they made me very groggy. I used to cut 25mg suppositories in half. Phenergan also works when I was having nausea from migraines, but they can make you feel like a zombie. For less painful headaches, mainly from stress, but without debilitating nausea, acetaminophen (Tylenol) suppositories 650mg seem to work faster for me than oral meds. If my husband or I insert one before I go to bed, and sometimes he will get up around 3am and give me another one when I'm asleep, I'm usually OK in the morning.

PS added: In my early 20s I was in a serious accident and had home nursing during my recovery. When I was still having a lot of pain, Nurse Angie gave me a shot in the butt to take the edge off pain and a suppository up my rear end to help me sleep. She taught me the finer points how to give a suppository. My husband said I was out within about 20 minutes.

I had nissen fundoplication a few years ago that makes swallowing pills hard. I now take a lot of supplements as chewables instead of pills, and found acetaminophen suppositories on Amazon to try for headaches. So far have used them twice and they don't seem to work that well. They are 650mg, and say to only take one, but when you use the same strength orally it says to take 2. I am hoping maybe they will work better if you take two of them, as they are easier for me than pills. It is extremely hard to find suppositories for anything other than constipation.

They come in children’s (120 mg) and adult’s (650 mg) dosages, and are commonly used as fever reducers. My husband, who was experiencing moderately severe pain in his abdomen after a recent procedure, talked his nephrologist into a Rx for the adult acetaminophen suppositories last week. His specialists want him to keep oral doses of pain medication to no more than half the regular maximum daily dose (2000 mg instead of 4000 mg) to protect his stomach, liver and kidneys. As it turns out, taking acetaminophen rectally makes the medication more bioavailable, so you can take the 650 mg suppository and get the same benefit as taking 1200 mg orally (or so he was told, I’m not a doctor providing medical advice). They work really well, too. Just two over 12 hours completely knocked out his pain. I developed a painful case of cellulitis around the same time, He’s been giving me his remaining suppositories at night so I can sleep comfortably.

Both our children used to SPIT acetaminophen (aka paracetamol aka Tylenol) syrup when they were little, and tolerated suppositories much better, so we always kept some suppositories.

Spitting a drug is very annoying not only because of the mess but also because it's then impossible to know the dose that was absorbed by the child.

A couple of times I have tried soaking 500mg caplets in 30-45cc or so of water and taking the mixture rectally via a small syringe. Seemed to work pretty well and the low volume + water carrier meant that I didn't have to worry about leakage. Onset of action was pretty rapid and I didn't have to worry about vomiting. On the minus side it takes a bit more prep than either oral or suppository.

They definitely should be used more often as they are vastly superior in effectiveness and the time it takes for them to kick in. Seems they were used for everything before, now i think they are mostly used in very small children and/or children with a stomach flu.

They work very well. Had them before. More they are prescribed for children who refuse oral medication or is vomiting.

They work very well. Had them before. More they are prescribed for children who refuse oral medication or is vomiting.

Actually anytime anyone can't keep anything down these are the go to meds for pain as well as nausea. Works like a charm and is much more fun than just handing them a glass of water!

Moppy that is true. Very fun but those who recieve them may not like them given that way. Hey, rectal is the best way for meds. You dont have to worry about drink or if they are sleeping, just insert and done.

They aren't really common for adults but still available. They're common for small children.

My mother kept a box of these in the fridge for years and I was always intrigued by them, but only once did she give me one. I liked it so much, I wound up self administering some. In retrospect, glad I did not go overboard as too much Tylenol at once can be disasterous for your liver (her potentially noticing that some would be missing kept me from going through the whole box.)

I never heard of them until years ago when the pharmacist recommended them for my migraines. And I would take oral medicine for a migraine if I was at my volunteer job and I would have the headache the rest of the day.

But if I took a suppository when I got home for the headache it would be gone within like a couple hours and it was very nice. They do work a lot better for my migraines anyway, so I have to agree with Vicky on that one.

I sometimes take them for like really high fevers but mainly I just take them if I have like a bad headache that I need to get rid of and can't swallow a pill orally if I'm really nauseated and sick to my stomach from the headache so the suppositories work really great

I use these when I have bad headache 😩

If there were a thing like that available, I may consider it