This is the kind of post the forum exists for.

Worth repeating that this is not medical advice and the answer often depends on who you are.

Print the page.

The pain score conversation is thirty seconds of my life I will never get back, every time.

Daylight, no flash. Side effects was my main issue with a soft or crumbly tablet too.

If you name a shop here, say whether you are affiliated. First line is enough. Same for me with PostNL, unfortunately.

You have two changes at once here. You cannot attribute anything until one of them moves.

Is it normal to feel worse before better? Nobody told me that.

Name the active ingredient, not just the brand. It makes these threads searchable years later.

Personal experience, labelled as such, is exactly right here. Nobody is prescribing.