Pain Medications May be Linked to Kidney Failure People with kidney disease or other ailments who regularly take aspirin or acetaminophen may be increasing the risk of developing kidney failure. Patients who regularly use pain medications (according to researchers, regular use is defined as at least twice each week for two months), were between two […]

People with kidney disease who regularly take aspirin or acetaminophen may increase their risk of developing kidney failure, According to research published in the New England Journal of Medicine (December 20, 2001;345:1801-1808) the use of aspirin or acetaminophen may increase the risk of kidney failure in those with existing kidney disease. Kidney patients who took

Pain Medication Can Increase the Risk of a Second Bout of Heart Failure Popular anti-inflammatory, pain-killing drugs (called NSAIDs—or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) may increase the risk of relapse in patients with heart failure according to a study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine (February 11, 2002;162:265-270). NSAIDs, a group of drugs that includes aspirin

According to the National Institute of Health pain costs more that $100 billion each year in America. This reflects the combined costs of treatment and lost productivity. More than 25 percent of men and women who live with chronic pain report that this condition affected their decision to quit their job. According to “Gender Attitudes

There is a tendency among many patients (and many doctors, unfortunately), to that pain medication actually treats pain and inflammation. If a drug can control the pain, then everything is fine. Reducing the pain with drugs does not address the cause of the problem and there are side-effects. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (commonly called NSAIDs) irritate

Muscle Pain Might be Related to Vitamin D Deficiency A cross-sectional study was conducted on 150 patients with nonspecific musculoskeletal pain. Researchers measured the calcidoiol–an indicator of vitamin D ingestion–levels and found every patient to be vitamin D deficient. Out of the 150 patients, 28 percent had severely deficient vitamin D levels, 55 percent of

Eighty percent of Americans suffer from back pain at some point in their lives. Back pain is the second most common reason for visits to the doctor’s office, outnumbered only by upper-respiratory infections. According to a survey of 800 adults suffering from chronic back pain conducted in the spring of 2004 for American Chiropractic Association,

According to a government survey of 31,000 people (May, 2004), more than a third of U.S. adults use some form of complementary and alternative medicine (also called CAM). The survey was conducted as part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) 2002 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS). Some groups tend to use CAM

Manual Therapy Works Well for Neck Pain According to Annals of Medicine (May 21, 2002;136:713-722, 758-759), manual therapy may be more effective than other treatments like exercise or pain medication. Manual therapy is a “hands on” technique, in which the neck is manipulated to improve mobility (not unlike a chiropractic adjustment). In the study, researchers

For more articles on this and other health topics, click on the link to go to our practitioners’ directory and link to a web site that is loaded with information: Practitioners’ Directory For many, the traditional medical approach to pain has been very unsatisfactory.Too often people in pain are given drugs to mask their symptoms,