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Originally Posted by TLO
There is some debate on whether it is good practice to take Tylenol/Ibuprofen for side effects after the vaccine. The thought being that your body is having an immune reaction to the vaccine, so you don't want to hamper that in any way.
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I'm no doctor, but ibuprofen/advil are anti-inflammatory and what I've read is along the lines of "with less inflammation, there may also be a lower immune response to the vaccine."
Acetaminophen/Tylenol isn't anti-inflammatory (but can still help with muscle aches and fever and so forth), so it's not going to have that same impact.
Again, not a doctor... but, you might research those separately and see what you find specifically for taking acetaminophen versus an anti-inflammatory.