Inflammatory reactions occur when injury is sustained to the body. Painful muscles, tendons or joints are being prescribed Non-Steroid Anti-Inflammatory (NSAID) drugs. Even over the counter medications is purchased in order to soothe the inflammation. Unfortunately, when treating the body’s reaction to injury, the drugs used are not without a “price to pay.”
NSAID’s are non-steroid drugs which treat acute and chronic pain rather successfully. Unfortunately side effects do occur and these include negative effects on the kidneys and some people with asthma experience worse symptoms.
Taking aspirin can cause stomach erosion which becomes ulcers that sometimes bleed. The bleeding can get so bad that a trip to the emergency room is warranted. Death rates from NSAID related gastrointestinal emergencies are higher than with cervical cancer, asthma or malignant melanoma.
These figures definitely warrant a search into other means of combating inflammation, taking a kinder and gentler route for treatment. Granted there are medications that have protective coating such as Misoprostol and PPI’s as well as medications that suppress acid. Unfortunately these medications do not give the body the necessary “tools” to strengthen an undue side effects such as stomach lesions.
Taking a medication that concentrates on healing instead of lessening the amount of acid the stomach produces seems to be more sensible. Stomach acid is needed for proper food digestion. There is a medication now on the market, Aloeride® aloe vera capsules, which has proven to soothe an irritated stomach. Death rates are uncommon with this 100% pure aloe vera “medication.”
In the USA, 70,000,000 NSAID prescriptions resulted in 100,000 NSAID related hospital admissions. Of those, 16,500 died due to NSAID related complications. The deaths occurred even though the doctors knew of the adverse side effects and still continued to prescribe the medications. Of course, if you were to include individuals who are taking NSAID and only experiencing mild stomach problems, the numbers would indeed be higher.
A horrible price was paid by the family for the death of each individual due to NSAID related side effects. It would seem obvious that the warnings were not taken seriously by the medical profession. After all, what are a “few” deaths compared to the thousands that NSAID does help. That is one too many!
If slight nausea or abdominal discomfort is experienced and a prescription is given to suppress the stomach acid, than look into another agent for its healing properties. Aloe vera capsules accelerate the healing process and may prevent stomach ulcers. One is able to purchase this natural product from doctors or therapists and of course through the Internet. It definitely is worth investigating and acquiring further information.
Aloe heals the body; NSAID’s masks the ongoing body’s damage until a serious crisis plays out.
