Memory loss ‘is not a side effect of taking Nurofen’

MEMORY loss is not listed as a possible side effect of taking painkiller Nurofen Plus and there are no issues around taking the tablets with alcohol, according to the makers of the drug.

96FM presenter Neil Prendeville said yesterday he had no memory of performing a sex act on a plane leaving Heathrow airport en route to Cork on October 19, as he had mixed the painkiller with alcohol.

Patient information issued with Nurofen Plus say side effects are minimal, with stomach pain, nausea, shortage of breath, headaches and drowsiness listed as possible in some circumstances.