Anti-inflammatory painkillers like ibuprofen are sometimes called non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), or just 'anti-inflammatories'.6. Ibuprofen is a medicine called a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug. It is also known as 'an NSAID'. Speak with a doctor before taking ibuprofen if you have ever had a bad reaction to any other anti-inflammatory painkiller.
Experts believe it is possible for the human body to survive without food for up to two months. It's not the first example of humans subsisting on next to nothing for long periods of time. It is possible to survive for about 60 days without food - but usually in warmer conditions.
In the 1940s, in one of the world's great acts of civil disobedience, Mahatma Gandhi went 21 days without food, surviving only on occasional sips of water. Gandhi was in his mid-70s at the time and thin as a reed. But he survived this hunger strike, by no means his first, without any obvious harm.