Someone I know knows someone who takes over 4 Advils a day and probably more than once a day (probaly 3 times a day, 7 days a week, long term). We think she's doing damage to her body. What words of wisdom do you have? She has Lyme disease

You can take more than 4 advil a day. In the long term though she can damage her kidneys. She should see her doctor who could prescribe another drug so that she wouldn't have to take so many advil. all medicines are bad for your body and mostly for her liver and make sure that if it's possible ASAP found a home remedy or a Natural Tea which been use since 1000yrs old and are effective and there is not addiction but is making a damage that would be to late to correct if they don't do something NOW You can not become addicted to advil, there are no narcotic drugs in it. Depending on if she is taking regular or extra-strenght advil, she could be overdosing, but she could just be taking the highest reccomended amount. The damage to a body by overdosing on ibprofen would be to the liver. gastrointestinal bleeding is a side effect of excessive ibuprofen use. I used to be an INSANE pill popper...I'd take all sorts of pills (advil, tylenol, tylenol PM, ibuprofen, etc..) and I'd have to take 10+ to just get a buzz. But then I realized how much harm I'd do to myself, and I just stopped buying them. Surprisingly, it wasn't a hard habit to break! I now have been pill-free since March. I probably did all the damage I could, but I'm trying to cleanse myself with some detox stuff still..so I might get better.