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Originally Posted by Walt
. . . .If I had to guess, I'd say that it's the anti-inflammatory/fever-reducers that are what's making the difference as one of the main symptoms of viral meningitis is inflammation of the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord. . .
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Great point. When I stated earlier that it was impossible to get relief from one without the other, I was forgetting that. I was basing my answer on the fact that hydrocodone (the narcotic in vicodin) is morphine based, while drugs such as percocet are codeine based.
Now that you mention it, I remember years ago having a really bad toothache and my wife gave me a percocet - didn't do a thing. Later on I took some ibuprofen, and it disappeared within 10 minutes, because the tooth was inflamed from an abscess.