Can NSAIDs Make Chronic Pain Worse? What You Need to Know
In this clip, we discuss how frequent or long-term NSAID use may lower pain tolerance over time, making the body more sensitive to pain rather than more resilient. We also explore how using NSAIDs too often can negatively affect the gut lining and kidney function, contributing to inflammation and additional health issues.
Instead of simply masking symptoms, this conversation highlights why over-reliance on pain relievers can create unintended consequences and why addressing root causes of pain is essential for long-term relief.
Watch the full episode to learn more about safer, whole-body approaches to managing chronic pain.
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NSAIDs that you take them over a period of time chronically because they're really not meant to be taken all the time or preventing preventatively like some of my patients do. You can also develop pain hypersensitivity as a result of taking NSAIDS. So the very thing that's trying to help you feel better is actually going to make you fell worse and increase your pain in the long run. You know, I've mentioned before on the show, NSAIDs in particular, because most of them are over the counter, people just think they're safe.
And some people will tell me, like, they take way more than recommended doses. I'm like no, please don't do that. Exactly. Very dangerous for your gut, for you kidneys. You know, Tylenol at excessive doses is terrible for the liver. We know that. People aren't educated, though, because you're right. When it's over the counter, it is almost like you are buying a supplement or candy or something that you can take without any ramifications. But there are significant ramification.
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