It is hardly possible to find a completely healthy person anywhere nowadays. It's a pity but each of us has some kind of a health problem. Whether it is a trifle or a serious disease it causes discomfort. Certainly, we are eager to get rid of any discomfort of that kind and it leads us to hospitals, clinics, sanatoriums where kind people, named doctors, prescribe us various medicines to help. A great half of those medications consists of pain relievers. Well, their name speaks for themselves.
Pain relievers are of different kinds and are used usually for different types of pain. Fortunatelly, there is a great choice of them (to anyone's taste, as they say) at any pharmacy nowadays, so there is no need to suffer pain. Among the most wellspread are: Accuretic, Aleve, Vioxx, Bextra, Celebrex, Opioids, Acetaminophen (Tylenol, Excedrine), Aspirin (Bayer, Buffrin, Excedrine), Ibuprofen (Motrin, Advil, Midol) and Naprosen (Aleve, Naproxen).
Pain medications come in many different forms and doses. But most of them have some side effects (as usual) and should be used under the doctor's control. On the whole it is best not to take more than 4 pills of any pain reliever per day. Some people think, if 2 pills help their headache a little, 6 will no doubt help a lot!! But "the more the better" doesn't work in this case. Some pain relievers should be taken only twice per day and no more than a week, otherwise they may cause serious health problems. That's why it is necessary to follow the instruction of any medication carefully and not to provoke overdose.
Some of the common side effects of pain medications are: allergic reactions, fainting, unusual weakening or fatigue, abnormal bleeding or bruising, jaundice or yellowing of the skin and eyes, confusion, symptoms of infection (such as fever, chills and sore throat), irregular heartbeats, increased swelling...
Also you may meet with dizzineness, lightheadedness, numbness of limbs, muscle aches and cramps, increased hunger or thirst, changes in sense of taste, dry and irritating cough, excessive urination, anxiety or depression, rashes, profuse sweating, upset stomach, vomiting, gas, mild diarrhea, iItching of rectal, or genital areas, sedation, constipation and nausea.
I think this would be enough for you to be careful with this kind of medicine. But I must also add that in rare (!) cases some pain relievers (such as the drug Naproxen, for example) may increase the risk for heart attack and stroke. The dosage of any pain reliever should be lessened for old users (60 years old and over). Pregnant women are not recommended to accept pain relievers of any kind as they may have a bad influence on a fetus, right up till it's death! On the whole pregnant women shouldn't use any medicine at all -- why do you think everyone worries about a future mother not to be ill?
When buying some pain reliever at the pharmacy don't forget to tell the pharmacist if you have a kidney or liver disease, a history of gastrointestinal disorders or some other serious diseases. It's very important because in this case you may be not allowed to use some medications (like Clindamycin, for example) to avoid health problems.
I don't mean, of course, that all the named above side effects will surely show themselves. You must be very attentive with all kinds of medicines, follow their instructions, not to forget about the existence of doctors who may help a lot, not to provoke overdose and everything will be OK. You may also find more interesting information about pain relievers on Pillwatch.com. Be our guests.
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