When your back hurts or muscles ache, does the easiest solution often seem to lie in a bottle inside your medicine cabinet? Relief may last for a few hours, but then it’s back to the medicine cabinet or off to the drug store for bottle after bottle of the same old stuff. Or to the doctor for a stronger prescription. But do all these pills, whether over the counter or prescribed, really help the problem? Or are they really doing more harm than good? The truth of the matter is most pain relievers take a toll on your body over time. Regular use of acetaminophen sets you up kidney failure while high doses put you at risk of potentially deadly liver damage. Ibuprofen and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are tied to gastrointestinal bleeding and perforation and an additional 1 in 1,200 chance of dying when used for more than two months.
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Are Pain Relievers Helping or Hurting Your Back Pain?
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