Do Aspirin and Ibuprofen Actually Cure Joint Pain?
When you want to cure joint pain, you may not think twice about taking a couple of aspirin or ibuprofen pills for relief. But perhaps you should, as this incredibly common class of medications — non-steroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) — may actually harm your joints and ultimately make joint pain worse … As written in the Journal of Prolotherapy: “One of the best documented but lesser known long-term side effects of NSAIDs is their negative impact on articular [joint] cartilage.”
NSAIDs May Cause Your Cartilage to Breakdown More Quickly It’s a sad irony that one of the most common uses for NSAIDs is for treating osteoarthritis, a leading cause of joint pain in the United States.