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BTW if a new account is registered the profile shows UTC Dublin, etc but the timestamps are an hour behind BST i.e. my previous post shows as 15:34. I guess this will confuse a lot of brits, irish and portugesers :-/

That's because I didn't add on the facility to select timezone on registration, which is the next thing I'm doing, or will be doing once this bloody headache shifts.

Once you select it on registration, there really isn't so much of a problem ;)

Cool :)

Have you taken paracetamol? Or maybe you're still dehydrated after your recent exercise?

I've taken ibuprofen, and I may still be a touch dehydrated though I've had a lot to drink since yesterday afternoon, will have more though to see if it helps.

Also, actually, there will still be an issue with users who come from other systems, but I may be able to fix that by extending the importer, we'll have to see.

It's interesting (to me) that in hospital we always give Paracetamol then Codeine and only an Ibuprofen-type drug after that, but people in their own homes seem to take Ibuprofen as a first line. Clever marketing? Anyway hope it goes away, and ah yes importers! That'll be a pain to test!

There are probably several reasons, related to the number/types/severity of side effects of ibuprofen vs paracetamol, users' reaction to it etc. I just went with it because it was cheaper than paracetamol given that I could get generic ibuprofen vs only branded paracetamol. *shrug*

The importers aren't such a pain to test, generally, and with it there's really only so much that can be done - take the server time offset, factor in the user's own offset and look it up against a list of 'most likely' candidates, and with any luck it'll turn out OK.

Cost vs. efficacy and contraindications (et. el.) as you rightly point out.

How's your food intake been today? I get terrible headaches when I don't bother eating for half a day.

Bowl of cereal for breakfast, cheese and tomato sandwich for lunch, will do dinner soon (got up at 10am today so that's about right timewise), all in all nothing out of the ordinary really.

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Essentially they all block different pain receptors to the brain. I remember my doctor once told me I could mix paracetamol and ibuprofen provided I put two hours between each and didn't overdo it.

Well I usually take Doliprane or Novacetol, dunno if they're specific to France. Doliprane has paracetamol IIRC, and Novacetol has paracetamol + codeine + something else (can't remember but it's not ibuprofene), and I usually take the Novacetol. I have headaches on a weekly basis and I try not to get accustomed to a brand over another, but I don't think it's that important...
IIRC, ibuprofen just doesn't work for me.

If you're getting them regularly, something is wrong. It might be a dehydration thing, it might be improper setup of computer+desk, general neck tension or something else, but if you have them more than occasionally, you should probably look into it...

Genetics?

It actually is quite rare to be genetically predisposed to 'headaches'. It's where there's pain receptors that are firing for some reason.