Chronic Illness

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A community/support group for chronically ill people. While anyone is welcome, our number one priority is keeping this a safe space for chronically ill people.

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Be excellent to each other
Absolutely no ableism.
No quackery. Does an up-to date major review in a big journal or a major government guideline come to the conclusion you’re claiming is fact? No? Then don’t claim it’s fact. This applies to potential treatments and disease mechanisms.
No denying or minimising challenges faced by chronically ill people. This is a support group, not a place for people to spout their opinions on disability.

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submitted 3 months ago by mecfs to c/chronicillness

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Problem is, I often have pain, so I try to do all I can to reduce the already significant amount of ibuprofen I use.

[–] Rookwood 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You gotta step up to naproxen, bro. Just make sure you eat something with each dose or it will fuck up your stomach.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

They're both bad long term.

NSAIDS are indiscriminate COX inhibitors (which is why they mess with your stomach, COX-1 is part of the stomach lining goo production). COX-2 inhibitors such as Celebrex don't have this issue (or at least significantly less).

Personally I don't find any of the COX inhibitors to be effective at all, and their risks are well above 0.

Makes me wonder if other, supposedly "risky" drugs are actually a better choice.