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Nurofen Migraine Pain is the same product as Nurofen tension headaches

SO WHAT ARE TARGETED PAINKILLERS AND DO THEY WORK? 

Consumer watchdog Which? investigates targeted painkillers. 
Targeted painkillers? You might think that Nurofen Migraine Pain and Nurofen Tension Headache caplets would target your migraine and tension headaches respectively, but you'd be wrong: ibuprofen can't target pain in specific body parts.
The products (Nurofen Migraine Pain and Tension Headache) are actually exactly the same as each other and – available until recently – Nurofen Express caplets (342mg of fast-acting ibuprofen lysine). 
Nurofen Migraine Pain is the same product as Nurofen tension headaches
Nurofen Migraine Pain is the same product as Nurofen tension headaches
The latter has now been superseded by Nurofen Express 256mg sodium ibuprofen, but all three still contain a 200mg dose of the active ingredient ibuprofen, plus a type of salt to speed up absorption.
One of our experts said: 'It's a waste of money to buy so-called targeted painkillers, and potentially dangerous as you might be misled into taking a double dose, thinking that they're different medicines.'
Of course, most leading pharmacies and supermarkets also sell generic versions of fast-acting ibuprofen, at as little as a third of the cost per tablet of Nurofen. They're not identical to the Nurofen tablets – even though the active ingredients are the same (342mg ibuprofen lysine) – but they're often identical to each other once you look past the brand, packaging claims and prices.
We found 14 products, some shown below, that are all identical to each other, ranging from 8p a tablet at Wilko to 20p per tablet at Boots and Superdrug. They are variously sold as 'migraine relief', 'period pain relief', 'express pain relief' and 'rapid pain relief, but are actually made at the same production site (labs) to exactly the same formulation.
If you examine the fine print, you'll find all these products carry the same marketing authorisation (product licence/PL) number. This means they are the same, but the licence allows it to be sold under different names.
You can ignore targeted marketing if you're clear you're taking the right ingredient and dose: a man taking Feminax Express – marketed for period pain – will simply be getting 342mg of ibuprofen lysine. 
Source: Which? 

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