Alternative Pain Relief Treatment Options
Why Pain Killers Don't Work

Learn more about alternative and holistic pain relief and your pain relief options.

Read the facts about conventional pain killers and get more info about natural health remedies as alternatives...

If you are unfortunate enough to be suffering from chronic pain, you might be tempted to reach for the nearest conventional pain relief…

This is perfectly understandable, and I do admit that I do take conventional pain relief myself, at times…

But please, don’t be tempted to rely on this as a long term pain relief treatment. Alternative pain relief is a much safer option - and can actually be more effective!

While conventional medications for pain, such as aspirin, paracetamol, steroids and anti-inflammatory drugs, do work very well in the short term, they are generally really not appropriate or suitable for long term use.

• Over 80% of people with chronic pain take painkillers…
• Of these, 70% say that they still feel severe pain - the medication doesn’t work!
• This is because, with longer term use, the effects of the medication just wear off - and basically, they just don’t work!
• Click here to understand pain, the causes of pain and why alternative and holistic pain relief treatments work best
• Get more information about herbal pain relief treatments.
• Learn more about holistic pain relief options









• Compared to holistic and alternative pain relief options, you will see that conventional pain relief treatments can have some pretty undesireable side effects…

Read on for more information, and then watch the video at the end of the page…



Always remember to consult your healthcare provider before taking any decisions regarding your health.

Mild Pain Relief

Aspirin

• Also relieves inflammation
• Can irritate the stomach lining. (Take soluble aspirin after meals, to help with this.)

Paracetamol

• Does not act on inflammation.
• Can cause liver damage, and allergic reactions.

Narcotic Pain Relief

• Codeine
• Morphine
• Oxycodone
• Hydromorphone hydrochloride
• Pentazocine
• These are drugs that ’switch off’ pain receptors in the brain
• They can also ’dull’ the senses, and make you feel drowsy.
• They nearly always cause addiction and physical dependency.
• They can affect breathing.
• And cause nausea and constipation.

Anti-Inflammatory Drugs

Steroids

• Increased appetite and digestive problems.
• Weight gain
• Problems with sleeping patterns
• Nausea and vomiting

N.S.A.I.D.s (Non Steroidal Anti Inflammatory Drugs)

• Ibuprofen
• Naproxen
• Ketoprofen
• Indometacin
• Sulindac
• Can cause:
  • stomach irritation and bleeding
  • diarrhea
  • headaches
  • kidney and liver damage
  • fluid retention
  • allergic reactions

Tricyclic Antidepressants

• These change the way that the brain processes pain signals, so that you become less sensitive to pain.
• Can cause:
  • constipation
  • lethargy and fatigue
  • dry mouth
  • heart problems

Note these Important Facts about Pain

• If your pain is a new pain, don’t necessarily be put off from taking conventional medications. These work well in the short term, and are unlikely to do much damage with occasional use.
• Always consult a healthcare professional for new, or unexplained pain.
• Never neglect pain, or wait until it is unbearable before treating it.
• Pain relief drugs work better the sooner you take them … Pain that has become long standing and unbearable becomes far more difficult to control…
• If you already have chronic or longstanding pain, like I have from my M.E. don’t worry, as alternative pain relief treatments can be very effective at soothing your symptoms…

Watch these short video clips about conventional medication for pain relief, and some of the holistic and alternative pain relief options available…

Simply click on the image to start the player…

Look at the page on Explaining Pain and It’s Causes for more information about how and why holistic and alternative pain relief treatments are an effective option.

Read more information about herbal pain relief treatments.

Learn more about holistic pain relief options

Return to the main Widespread and Topical Pain Relief Guide for more about Holistic and Alternative Pain Relief.

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