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I apply the same logic even to painkillers which aren't anti-inflammatories like paracetamol. I figure that there could be lots about healing mechanisms that we
by ac2u 4y ago
I apply the same logic even to painkillers which aren't anti-inflammatories like paracetamol. I figure that there could be lots about healing mechanisms that we don't know yet where interrupting the feedback of pain might interfere with healing.
That's not to say I don't take painkillers, but that I think a lot about the tradeoffs before I take one. For instance, I didn't take any to relieve vaccination symptoms even though that was the standard advice by the healthcare provider as I figured why would I want to interrupt my bodies response to a pathogen at the precise time it's learning to combat it? (There are some studies that suggest this is true, although the scale of it is a little fuzzy).
What usually tips the balance for me to take a mild painkiller is if the pain is bad enough to genuinely stop me sleeping, in that case I'm buying the healing mechanism that sleep provides.
- Dylan16807 4y ago> why would I want to interrupt my bodies response to a pathogen at the precise time it's learning to combat it? Some of those responses are of the form "hurt the pathogen more than it hurts you" and since the vaccine isn't a real threat all they do is hurt you.
- SamBam 4y agoThe CDC recommends that antipyretic or analgesic medications (ibuprofen, tylenol, etc) should not be taken with the Covid vaccine, at least not before or immediately after. This is because the fever and inflammation response are specifically triggers that recruit your immune system into creating the necessary antibodies. https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/covid-19/clinical-considerations/interim-considerations-us.html https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/covid-19/clinical-consideration...
- ac2u 4y agoGood to see this formalised. In my jurisdiction paracetamol was more casually recommended.