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Ibuprofen

collage

7 inches wide x 7 inches high

I am the poster person for better living through chemistry. I choose carefully and then use to their full capabilities those chemical structures that make me able to handle the world. Whew! Imagine a time when the best medicines were whiskey and willow bark. Aspirin from the willow bark and whiskey in a hot toddy work very well indeed, still. But ibuprofen! Now there is a wonderful antidote to many kinds of pain, including the headache that accompanied yesterday's sore throat. See the headache being attacked by ibuprofen here? Go get it, you (RS)-2-(4-isobutylphenyl)propanoic acid, C₁₃H₁₈O_{2 !}