Achilles Tendonitis - Pain Killers And Anti-inflammation Drugs - Do They Work

If you are suffering from Achilles tendonitis, it will be important to consult a doctor first before taking any anti-inflammatory and pain killers. Achilles pain can grow worse with time. One major disadvantage is that pain killers are known to only ease the pain instead of fully healing the injury. You might take the pain killers and think that you are healed but this will even make the injury worse.

If you want to take the pain killers and the anti inflammatory drugs, it is advisable that you should carry out calf exercises which will assist in the Achilles treatment. You should always know that the drugs do not heal the injury; they just ease off pain.

 If the Achilles tendonitis is causing you a lot of pain; you can take the pain killers or the anti inflammatory drugs. Some of these drugs reduce pain. Examples of the drugs include naproxen and ibuprofen.

 At some rare cases some doctors can give you an injection to ease of your pain. Injections are not recommended for tendonitis as they can result to adverse effects. The anti inflammatory drugs work in a certain mechanism. Its mechanism generally involves inhibition of cyclooxygenase. This is an enzyme is which is commonly abbreviated as COX.

 When the COX enzyme is inhibited, it results in little production of prostaglandin. When there is little production of prostaglandin, this will reduce the pain occurring in your injury. This whole mechanism will result in decreased pain. If you are suffering from a serious tendonitis a doctor can give you prescription of taking steroids.

 There are other drugs which will help you in both reduction of the pain and inflammatory effect. These drugs are commonly referred to as non steroidal anti inflammatory. Examples of these drugs include celebrex, ibuprofen and Motrin. These drugs can be very useful to alleviate your pain.

 If you are still having intense pain even after taking the drugs it is recommended that you should give yourself time to rest. Cortisone injections are to be avoided. They weaken the Achilles tendon and increases the risk for an Achilles tendon rupture.

 Finally, you should know that in order to treat Achilles tendonitis effectively you should not only rely on drugs only but also carry out calf exercises. These exercises have proved to be the most effective method in Achilles treatment.