Know the RISKS of Your Prescriptions!

So, you've seen the doctor due to chronic pain that is all but driving you crazy. Your diet includes a regular regimen of over-the-counter (OTC) pain killers -- Tylenol, Aspirin, Excedrin or the like, yet the pain which is a constant in your life, refuses to completely relent.

It seems that once "middle-age" sets in, every injury, however small, makes a huge impact on the body. We suddenly heal slower and re-injure easier! Yet, stoicly we keep on moving, trying to focus on something other than our pain. A big part of the problem, however, is that when we are in pain we do not get sufficient rest. On the average night, I am awakened five to seven times by pain that literally "sticks it to me" when I move about in my sleep. Improper rest decreases our body's ability to heal!

Looking Out for Number One!

Even though I have an excellent physician, I learned a long time ago that no one cares about my health as much as ME! Most doctors are dedicated to their work and truly wish to be a help to their patients, but...doctors are human too and they are sometimes stretched so thin between their families, their medical commitments and their own needs, that to expect perfection from them would be unrealistic.

In my most recent doctor visit, my chief complaint was of unrelenting leg pain. Aside from arthritis in my knees, an injury I incurred over a year ago in which my knee popped out (truly the most severe pain I've ever encountered), has stubbornly refused to heal. While it may improve somewhat to where the pain level drops to a livable 4 on a scale of 1-10, a full healing never occurs and all I have to do is move wrong and BAM -- the pain is back to the highest level possible, one I call "complete blow-out!"

Anti-inflamatory Drugs

Any number of drugs are on the market today to treat severe pain. On of the more recent favorites in use today by the medical profession is a drug by the name of Diclofenac. I had never heard of it but was recently given a prescription to help ease the severity of my pain. I obtained the bottle of pils from the clinic pharmacy and immediately took one.