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Popping Pain Pills – If you’re like most individuals, popping pain pills has always been the quick fix. The problem is Non Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs), the kind in Motrin®, Advil® and Aleve®, have some very nasty side effects. In 1985, the high brow British medical journal The Lancet reported NSAIDs actually ate away at joint bone reducing the success in hip replacement surgery. Twenty years later on April 7, 2005 the U.S. FDA issued a public health advisory warning on NSAIDs and is requesting a “black box” warning be added to the professional product labeling and/or inserts of all NSAIDs. The black box warning is the strongest warning the FDA can request. Reasons being, NSAIDs increase the risk of cardiovascular (CV) adverse events like heart attack and stroke. Life threatening gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is another side effect of these medicines. Meanwhile, the FDA has asked OTC products containing NSAIDs like ibuprofen and naproxen sodium – the ingredients in Motrin®, Advil®, and Aleve® – to revise labels to provide specific information on CV and GI risks as well as skin reactions. Unfortunately, this little known but very destructive fact doesn’t even get acknowledged on WebMD.com. But medical science doesn’t lie.

More concerning is growing evidence that suggest that NSAIDs may inhibit your body’s natural healing response. “If you treat a joint muscle problem with NSAIDs it certainly reduces pain over the first week. However, it prolongs healing time by 14-28 days,” says James Montgomery M.D., former team physician for the U.S. Olympic Team. Golfers should know that if they must use NSAIDs they should do so knowing it will delay recovery.

In the last year alone it’s become clear that stomach ulcers are a direct side effect of using NSAIDs. A rarer side effect is an impact on the kidneys. Sadly, even if you avoid the worst side effects, the fact that NSAIDs work as pain killers can promote a false sense of security. The truth is pain is your body’s way of preventing more injury. So by numbing yourself with pills you are deafening yourself to this warning. Reducing joint inflammation is the key to getting back on the move again, allowing you to resume activity and promote recovery. Only then can you regenerate the power, coordination and feel you need to get back in the game.   :: worstpills.org ::