anti-inflammatories: do you take them? good/bad idea?

Research ibuprofen and deafness. Yay.

In any case: anti-inflamms? Oh yeah!

papain

bromelain

rutin

chondroitin

fish oil, lots and lots of fish oil

I take inflammatory comments every day.

It's worth it if you have an injury. Otherwise, yeah, you may recover slightly more without the NSAIDs

If you need to take NSAIDs chronically, look into Celecoxib or at least (less good option re: GI issues) Meloxicam. While long term risk of non-aspirin NSAIDs can cause GI problems and raise risk of cardiac problems down the road, a big overlooked problem is that chronic high dosages can damage/kill your kidneys.

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0KFY/is_11_21/ai_111506233/

As long as you're eating something before taking the pills, it should not be a big deal. They can cause ulcers as they eat away at the lining of the digestive tract.

I don't think that muscle recovery is that affected by NSAID use.

As an example:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19522751

I was on anti-inflammatories on/off for several years (always took w/food). I got IBS largely as a result and they helped not at all with the chronic injuries. Take them only in acute injury scenarios (i.e. ankle sprain)is my advice. Look to other options (especially deep-tissue work) for rehab/recovery.

deafman wrote:

Research ibuprofen and deafness. Yay.

In any case: anti-inflamms? Oh yeah!

papain

bromelain

rutin

chondroitin

fish oil, lots and lots of fish oil

Of course, eliminate inflammatory foods such as (especially) wheat, most legumes, potatoes, etc.

It's a complicated question, because too much inflammation can definitely cause problems. But there's definitely consistent evidence that anti-inflammatories do delay long-term healing of muscle, tendon and bone injuries. So in a way, it's a short-term vs long-term trade-off.

A good article describing the research/pros and cons:

http://sweatscience.com/swelling-helps-healing-so-are-ice-and-nsaids-bad/

You should not use anti-inflammatories to run. Instead, you should rest and allow your injuries time to heal. Anti-inflammatories should be reserved for people with chronic pain due to incurable joint derangements.