Depends on the drugs, Connie. Some are anti-inflammatories, which may help the symptoms as well as mask the pain, whereas others merely mask the pain.
It's possible that he's in the land of perpetual Wednesday, or the crazy melty land, or you know, the world without shrimp.
Anya ,'Showtime'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Consuela - Jan 29, 2009 1:58:57 pm PST #4155 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Scrappy - Jan 29, 2009 2:03:51 pm PST #4156 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
MY SiL who is a nurse who has rheumatoid arthritis takes anti-inflammatories more for that than for the pain. So, yeah, you might want to look into that.
Connie Neil - Jan 29, 2009 2:10:01 pm PST #4157 of 30000
brillig
I'm on the keyboard all day, and sometimes I'm fine and sometimes it hurts, especially when the weather's changing. Poor Hubby, at home in a narcotic haze and he still hurts. I suppose it's time to check for actual arthritis.
Hil R. - Jan 29, 2009 2:12:27 pm PST #4158 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Yeah, Advil and Motrin will cut down the inflammation, at least temporarily. They're NSAIDs, which is the same class of drugs as the ones usually prescribed for arthritis.
billytea - Jan 29, 2009 2:15:14 pm PST #4159 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Yes, that article makes Obama seem even better and Bush seem even more of an ass. (Who knew that was possible?) Also, Barack the Elephant is terribly cute - and who doesn't feel "tramply" sometimes?
Wait, so now Barack is an elephant and Bush is a jackass? I swear, I will never understand American politics.
Connie Neil - Jan 29, 2009 2:15:58 pm PST #4160 of 30000
brillig
The guy who does Hubby's joint surgeries--as opposed to his back surgeries, the man has a whole entourage of surgeons--recommended ibuprofen to help with the problems with my knees. So I guess it's just my stern ancestry telling me to just suffer silently and not be a big girl about it. Though I am a big girl. Hmmm.
Kathy A - Jan 29, 2009 2:20:48 pm PST #4161 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
My mom nearly died from a reaction to a prescription NSAID (Clinoril), which I always tell a doctor when they ask about potential allergies. I haven't had any issues with drugs, but I've never been on an NSAID, so who knows? I'd rather not find out I'm allergic the way Mom did.
Connie Neil - Jan 29, 2009 2:47:47 pm PST #4162 of 30000
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The only things I'm allergic to are latex in bandaids and llamas. The things one learns at the State Fair.
amych - Jan 29, 2009 2:50:07 pm PST #4163 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Connie, there's no virtue in suffering silently -- pain is bad for you.
(And Kathy, NSAIDs include things like aspirin, ibuprofen, Aleve... I dearly hope you don't find out the hard way that you're allergic to something, but if you've taken the OTC stuff without incident, you may not be as sensitive to the whole class of drugs as you fear. Still, best to tell the docs all rather than withhold any potential risk.)
sarameg - Jan 29, 2009 2:53:02 pm PST #4164 of 30000
I had to share this article from today's monitor [link]
Should be appreciated by more than a few here.