THE PAINKILLERS MAY BE KILLING YOU.
Many people resort to regular consumption of painkillers for their chronic joint pains. In most cases, instead of noticing improvement in their pains, the contrary is the case. The pain keeps on getting worse. This will lead them to increase the frequency of intake of these drugs or increase the dose or add 2 or more painkillers. Most times, these are done under the instruction of their doctors. Globally the amount of painkillers consumed in a year is in the tune of over $3b US Dollars.
In Nigeria, the pain medications mostly consumed are Non-Steroidal Antiinflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs), e.g Diclofenac, Ibuprofen; Steroids e.g Prednisolone; Opioids like Codeine and their combinations, Pentazocine, Tramadol etc.
The resultant effect of daily consumption of these drugs can only be imagined: Peptic ulcer disease https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/312045.php, kidney disease. Read more on https://www.kidney.org/atoz/content/painmeds_analgesics, heart disease https://www.healthline.com/health-news/how-pain-killers-could-be-hurting-your-heart#1.
Beware of painkillers
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