So. I've had some issues, recently. Tylenol's been making me kind of queasy (and since it causes liver damage in too much quantity/too long of a time taking it, and liver damage's first sign is queasy...) so I quit taking it. I've been having some issues with heartburn, too. So I also quit taking Aleve.
Joint pain levels...increased a little. Not much. Maybe half a step. It is, in short, nowhere near as bad as I was thinking it would be.
In other words, neither Tylenol, nor Aleve were helping much to begin with.
So I went looking for why.
I found out.
For people who have Fibromyalgia or Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, the pain involved is not responsive to either straight analgesics or to NSAIDs. It's not quite nerve pain, but not quite not, either.
I guess I'll just save the Aleve for when I stand up, something goes snap somewhere, and a joint swells up like an angry toad.
And use compression gloves for the joint pain in my knuckles.
heartburn - add a small amount of baking soda to water when you drink it
ReplyDeleteHeartburn mostly went away when I stopped the Aleve. It was causing stomach damage.
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ReplyDeleteI'm just miffed. NSAIDs are supposed to work on inflammation; when you've got systemic inflammation and they don't work, it's really irritating when you figure that out. Because you've just caused extra pain (stomach issues) for literally no reason.
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