I take ibuprofen (advil, motrin, etc), but take it with food. It tends to upset my stomach too, but if I munch on something first, it's fine. Just my experience.
I heard that tylenol are killing people... so, I am scared of it.. In fact, that is the reason I started taking norco as opposed to Vicodin 10- 750s... the 750 is the tylenol content.. the 10 is the hydrocodone.. so, with the norcos I am only getting 325 mg of tylenol.
why not just take tylenol?
I take Motrin if i need something. My pain got better too after i stopped the pain meds. Hopefully this will be the case with you too.
Have you tried Advil or Aleve?
Not sure what your pain issues are but I DO KNOW that when I quit taking my 8-10 Norco a day..
the longer I DIDN'T take them.. the more tolerable my pain got...
Hope this helps..