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As I understand it, narcotics influence one's PERCEPTION of pain; they don't act upon whatever's actually causing the pain or the painful area itself (such as anti-inflammatories do). But I'm not a doctor, nor do I play one on City-Data.
They block the feeling of pain by attaching to the pain receptors in your brain so your brain doesn't send you pain signals. The way you said it above makes it sound like it's phycological, It's not.
No; I didn't mean to make it sound "psychological" at all. If anything, it's neurological.
But it acts upon the brain rather than whatever body part is hurting.
However, there's also such a thing as the placebo effect (not related to opiates). I see that a lot in menopause forums, where a suffering lady takes HRT for one day and claims she's been magically transformed into her younger self again.
I’ve started taking celebrex instead of ibuprofen because it’s supposed to be less harmful to my innards. It seems to work fine as “lube” for my joints.
But this morning I woke up with a sore spot next to my shoulder blade, probably zigged instead of zagged, yesterday. The celebrex is doing absolutely nothing to ease the stabbing pain if I move wrong. All this pain management stuff is very confusing. It’s no wonder that doctors are specialists in that these days.
... Do the pain killers actually help heal the condition?
Generally, NO!
An anti-inflammatory drug may reduce swelling, but swelling is your body trying to force you to immobilize the limb. Without the swelling and pain, you will more likely continue to hurt yourself.
They "work" by creating a greater pain, which takes your mind off your original pain!
God, ain't that the truth. I wasn't thinking and just added one of my prescription naproxens to my daily pill organizer. Well, I take those first thing in the morning. So no food, just coffee, empty stomach. Big no no.
Two weeks later I have horrible pain in my abdomen, that wasn't going away. Researched a bit and taking omeprazole for a few weeks, and it is helping.
My naproxen is for inflammation, and it DOES lower inflammation.
I take tramadol for pain when needed. That does nothing but free me up from the pain, so I CAN do things that are healthy and maintain quality of life. I use it so I can exercise a lot, hike, camp, boat, etc. Maintaining quality of life is important.
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