Ibuprofen is a medicine for pain, for fever, and for swelling. If your head hurts, your period cramps are bad, or your ankle is puffed up after a fall, this is one of the common pills. It is not an antibiotic — it does not kill germs.

Ibuprofen isIbuprofen是 a medicine for pain, for fever, and for swelling一種止痛、退燒，也消腫的藥。If your head hurts, your period cramps are bad, or your ankle is puffed up after a fall如果你頭痛、生理期抽痛很厲害，或跌倒後腳踝腫起來，this is one of the common pills這就是常見的藥丸之一。It is not an antibiotic它不是抗生素——it does not kill germs不會殺菌。

It is also not the same as the Taiwanese household name 普拿疼. 普拿疼 is a different drug (paracetamol). Ibuprofen is the one that also calms that hot, red, swollen feeling in a joint or muscle.

It is also not the same as它也跟 the Taiwanese household name 普拿疼台灣人熟悉的普拿疼不一樣。普拿疼 is a different drug普拿疼是另一種藥 (paracetamol)（paracetamol，乙醯胺酚）。Ibuprofen is the oneibuprofen則是那一種藥 that also calms還能舒緩 that hot, red, swollen feeling in a joint or muscle關節或肌肉那種發熱、發紅、腫脹的感覺。

You can often buy it without a special doctor’s note, under names like Advil or Nurofen, or just as ibuprofen. Though actually, it can bother the stomach, especially if you take it with no food, and it is not the right choice for everyone; people with some stomach or kidney problems must ask a doctor.

You can often buy it你通常不需要特別的醫囑就能買到 without a special doctor's note, under names like Advil or Nurofen常見名稱像Advil或Nurofen，or just as ibuprofen或直接叫ibuprofen。Though actually不過其實，it can bother the stomach它可能會刺激腸胃，especially if you take it with no food尤其是空腹吃的時候，and it is not the right choice for everyone也不是每個人都適合；people with some stomach or kidney problems must ask a doctor有腸胃或腎臟問題的人一定要先問醫生。

Say it as eye-byoo-PRO-fen. It is an everyday pharmacy word: a little technical, but not fancy.

Say it as唸法是 eye-byoo-PRO-feneye-byoo-PRO-fen。It is這是 an everyday pharmacy word日常藥局會用的字：a little technical, but not fancy有點專業，但不算艱深。