• henfredemars
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    4 months ago

    Problem is, I often have pain, so I try to do all I can to reduce the already significant amount of ibuprofen I use.

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      4 months ago

      You gotta step up to naproxen, bro. Just make sure you eat something with each dose or it will fuck up your stomach.

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        4 months ago

        They’re both bad long term.

        NSAIDS are indiscriminate COX inhibitors (which is why they mess with your stomach, COX-1 is part of the stomach lining goo production). COX-2 inhibitors such as Celebrex don’t have this issue (or at least significantly less).

        Personally I don’t find any of the COX inhibitors to be effective at all, and their risks are well above 0.

        Makes me wonder if other, supposedly “risky” drugs are actually a better choice.