No. We expect that you will get a good result from Chiropractic care. Therefore, you should be able to continue your daily activities without the need for anti-inflammatory or pain relief medication.

Our experience is that anti-inflammatory medication will often prolong the pain episode. Anti-inflammatories may actually stop the chemical interactions involved in normal inflammatory processes necessary for adequate tissue healing.  As a result, find our patients usually respond to our treatment quicker without any anti-inflammatory medication.

Professor Peter Gotzsche of the Cochrane Institute says with regard to anti-inflammatory drugs, that there is “no proof that they reduce inflammation”, (Google “Prof Peter Gotzsche anti-inflammatory”). http://www.smh.com.au/national/health/peter-gotzsche-founder-of-the-cochrane-collaboration-visits-australia-to-talk-about-dangers-of-prescription-drugs-20150204-136nqc.html

Similarly, this is consistent with what we hear in our office almost daily, patient’s indicating that they have tried these drugs unsuccessfully.