Regular use of painkillers causes bone loss?

Long-term abuse of painkillers leads to osteoporosis and bone fractures, is this true?

Medical staff at the pharmacy of Military Hospital 175 dispense medicine to patients.

To relieve pain quickly and think that the disease is not important, many patients arbitrarily buy painkillers without a doctor's prescription. Among them, corticosteroid anti-inflammatory drugs are one of the painkillers that patients often use, can be bought at any Western pharmacy, or are included in the ingredients of traditional medicine, Chinese medicine, and oriental medicine.

The drug has a fast and strong pain-relieving effect, so patients like to use it. However, long-term abuse of the drug will cause drug addiction and many dangerous side effects. One of them is osteoporosis, leading to bone loss and fractures without trauma or after a minor injury.

Do not buy painkillers without consulting a doctor. Taking painkillers is only a temporary solution, the patient needs to be examined and treated for the disease causing the pain.

In cases where painkillers are required, it is necessary to proactively inform the doctor about current health conditions such as gastritis, cardiovascular disease and concomitant medications, so that the doctor can consider prescribing appropriate painkillers.

Patients need to take medication as prescribed: correct dosage, correct time and correct duration of treatment.

TH (according to VnExpress)

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