Why I Don't Recommend NSAID Drugs
NSAID's increase your risk of death from heart attack and stroke. They increase serious risk of bleeding in the stomach and small intestine. And they are a significant cause of Leaky Gut Syndrome.
Numerous studies show that they slow healing of connective tissue including fractures, surgical wounds and disc problems. AND studies also show that many people get just as much relief from taking 2 grams of Omega 3 fatty acids.
The NSAID drugs, especially the Cox-2 inhibitors, like Vioxx, have been in the news because they increase deaths from heart disease. In addition they have many other negative side effects.
Many studies confirm that NSAID drugs 1. Interfere with healing, especially of connective tissues such as bone, joint, ligament and muscle, 2. Cause inflammation in the small intestine and may increase food intolerance. 3. Interfere with liver detoxification and 3.
Here are some examples:
NSAID Drugs Slow Ligament Healing
A
new study by Dr. Stuart J. Warden, from Indiana University in
Indianapolis, and his colleagues, suggests that the use of NSAID drugs,
such as Celebrex (celecoxib) and Motrin (ibuprofen), tends to slow the
healing of knee ligaments after an injury.
They found that
low-intensity pulsed ultrasound treatments can hasten the healing of
torn knee ligaments. Before, it was standard practice to use NSAIDs and
ultrasound together with knee injuries, and using them separately had
not been studied.
“NSAIDs are fine if you just use them to
control inflammation and pain for 3 or 4 days after injury,” Warden
said. “But our findings suggest that you should get off of them as soon
as you can because they can impair ligament healing.”
"In spite of
the widespread use of NSAIDs there is no convincing evidence
as to their effectiveness in the treatment of acute soft tissue
injuries." (Bruckner,
P. Clinical Sports Medicine. New York City, NY: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1995,
pp. 105-109.)
NSAID's Prevent Proper Fracture Healing
NSAID's: Why We Do Not Recommend Them A review of the use of NSAIDS in sports injuries.
Indomethacin and Celecoxib Impair Rotator Cuff Tendon-to-Bone Healing The American Journal of Sports Medicine 34:362-369 (2006)
Effects of Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs on Bone Formation and Soft-Tissue Healing J Am Acad Orthop Surg, Vol 12, No 3, May/June 2004, 139-143.
Effects of NSAID's on Epithelial Tissue and Wound Healing NSAID's also interfere with skin and wound healing.
NSAIDS cause small intestine inflammation and increase intestinal permeability which can lead to food allergies. Normally the intestinal lining is a barrier to food proteins. NSAIDs cause swelling and inflammation which allows partially digested proteins to cross this barrier into the blood where the immune system sees them as foreign protein mounting an attack which we call food intolerance. In some cases NSAIDs can cause serious bleeding in the small intestine which can be life threatening. NSAID's cause an estimated 7,600 (or more) unnecessary deaths in the United States every year.
"Each year, use of NSAIDs
(Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs)
accounts for an estimated 7,600 deaths and 76,000
hospitalizations in
the United States."
(NSAIDs include aspirin, ibuprofen, naproxen,
diclofenac, ketoprofen, and tiaprofenic acid.)
Source: Robyn Tamblyn, PhD;
Laeora Berkson, MD, MHPE, FRCPC; W. Dale
Jauphinee, MD, FRCPC; David Gayton, MD, PhD, FRCPC;
Roland Grad, MD,
MSc; Allen Huang, MD, FRCPC;
Lisa Isaac, PhD; Peter McLeod, MD, FRCPC;
and Linda Snell, MD, MHPE, FRCPC,
"Unnecessary Prescribing of NSAIDs
and the Management of NSAID-Related Gastropathy
in Medical Practice,"
Annals of Internal Medicine
(Washington, DC: American College of
Physicians, 1997), September 15, 1997,
127:429-438, from the web at
http://www.acponline.org/journals/annals/15sep97/nsaid.htm,
last
accessed Feb. 14, 2001, citing Fries, JF,
"Assessing and understanding
patient risk," Scandinavian Journal of
Rheumatology Supplement,
1992;92:21-4.
NSAIDs interfere with liver function and at worst can cause severe liver damage.
NSAIDs are toxic drugs whcih can be poisonous at higher levels. The liver has to work harder to detoxify them. One of the main ways the liver gets rid of NSAID's is by complexing with sulphur or sulphur amino acids such as cysteine, taurine or methionine. So NSAID's use up these compounds which are needed to process other toxins and are also needed to heal joints and other connective tissue.
NSAID's cause an estimated 80% increase in risk of miscarriage.
People who have survived a first heart attack have a higher risk of
dying or having a second heart attack if they are taking non-steroidal
anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), including the newer class called
cox-2 inhibitors.
There are natural alternatives:
The key is matching the treatment to the patient.
Inflammation and Cytokines
"Researchers are linking inflammation to an ever-wider array of chronic illnesses," reports Newsweek's
Anne Underwood. "Suddenly medical puzzles seem to be fitting together,
such as why hypertension puts patients at increased risk of
Alzheimer's, or why rheumatoid-arthritis sufferers have higher rates of
sudden cardiac death. They're all connected on some fundamental level."
We Don't Have a Health Care System, we have a disease care system and
it's not working. Americans spend more than any other country on
health care and have the worst outcomes of any major industrialized
country. The medical system in not only an economic disaster but has
been fundamentally corrupted by its financial ties to the drug and
insurance industries.
Dr. Manlove
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