Dangers of NSAIDs?

FLEXISEQ does not contain any pharmaceutical drug, and consequently FLEXISEQ benefits from an excellent safety profile

Haha. They would say that, wouldn't they

I take the maximine dose of a NSAID but recently have to top it up with co-proximal and the last two days this has had no effect at all. In fact for a few minutes thought of going to A & E but could not stand to have to be there to be told to take painkillers. Getting older is no fun.

I never take ibuprofen because it upsets my stomach. And anyway I have a heart problem so it's supposed to be interdit. I'm not sure what the connection is, maybe clashes with all the other things I have to take.
But it does wonders for some conditions - husband takes Nurofen (similar) for sciatica and it really helps.

If Arthritis UK are backing it I might give it a try, after all nothing ventured...

Brendawymms
Co-proxamol was banned several years ago. How on earth are you getting it?
It's a pity actually as it was an excellent pain reliever.
I gather too many people committed duicide with it!

Duicide? Suicide!

Probably bought it over the counter aboard. Like in this country, even in a pharmacist, you are limited as to how much paracetamol you can buy. In Australia and New Zealand you can buy 100 packets. I know how addictive etc medication can be but at times I make the decision that I would sooner have less pain and only take it on really rare occasions.

Also meant co-codamol not co-proximal.

It's the only thing that stopped my pain when it's bad. Only have paracetamol now as I don't like co codamol!

I was prescribed co-codamol for a rotor cuff injury but it made me spaced out.

I noticed that gem Janeainsworth - possibly the kind of rub in gel that does contain pain killers might be a better bet?
Flexiseq does claim to contain little lipid globs that go in through your skin though. Perhaps if you have time you could decipher the ingredients list on the patient leaflet. I got as far as water, glycerine and salt...

I had a bone density scan last year, hips in osteo pina range (that's the one before osteo porosis). It was part of the general care for patients with inflammatory arthritis (we're more prone to osteo arthritis, the joys eh folks). So, my gp prescribes calcium, and recommended i take glucosoman and chondriotin (sorry, I'm sure Galen and others will spell that properly)
The hope is the calcium treatment will return my hips to a better density level.
My GP used to prescribe gluco/chondri but prescriptions for this were stopped some years ago, as the research didn't support continuing to prescribe. I've been taking it again for 3 months, and it may be coincidental, but I'm not needing anti inflammatories so often, and the pain levels in my hands/feet/knees/hips have reduced. My memory is I felt better when taking it in the past, but had concluded that the increase pain etc was down to ageing. Anyway - on the cheerful note that something is helping, I'm off. good luck to everyone managing to live their lives with chronic pain and poor mobility. And! I regret that suicides led to coproximol being banned. I found it more effective, and with less side effects than cocodomol has.

Iam64 have you read any of the research on Vit k2 as menaquinone and bone density?

not yet Aka, but I will google it, thank you