There
are dozens of NSAIDs in the market Nearly every month, a new one is
being introduced, which is supposed to have less side effects than the
previous one. Really speaking, all are more or less same.
The common indications for which these drugs are being given, are naturally
occurring chronic degenerative conditions, which are going to affect
everybody in life. It is better to ‘prepare’ the patients
for these so-called illnesses (instead of drugging them).
All middle aged and elderly people should learn to keep a cervical collar,
lumbosacral belt, knee cap, thermopad (electric heating pad), etc, ready
to be used SOS. They should be told to increase the frequency of prayers
to God so that the threshold of ‘tolerance’ to pain can
increase and the pain can be borne with the help of remembering GOD’s
name like ‘Insha-Allah’ or ‘Hey Bhagwan’.
Paracetamol is the only analgesic, which they should keep at home and
it can be taken easily in a dose of 1/2-1 gm, even 4 times a day or
more. Even then, the habits of general practitioners are difficult to
change. Therefore, I am making a plea to stop using NSAID agens in the
above cases. Remember that the patient’s ‘associated’
illnesses silently increase due to NSAIDs, without the physician realising
why the patient is not responding or is deteriorating.
The following are the other situations, where you should avoid NSAIDs:-
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