Why Do I Use Ibuprofen To Resolve Pancreas Inflammation

 

I use Ibuprofen to resolve pancreas inflammation because it works. I'm not advocating or prescribing any course of treatment for acute pancreatitis or flares.

I'm just going to give you the facts, according to people far more intelligent than me and you can weigh those facts and decide for yourself what course of action to take.

Doctors Demonize Ibuprofen and Other NSAIDS

Doctors play down Ibuprofen, Toradol and other NSAIDS for resolving pancreas inflammation for two reasons:

1) NSAIDS can and do cause kidney damage and gut bleeding. NSAIDS, except aspirin, can cause high blood pressure, heart attack and stroke (fairly rare and usually associated with prolonged daily usage). Looks grim right? Until you actually LOOK at the numbers. A 2021 study turned up approximately 2500 cases of kidney damage OVER 17 years 2004-2021. Not deaths, injuries.

2) Pancreatitis is INFLAMMATION of the pancreas. Ibuprofen and Toradol are anti-inflammatory medications that work to resolve the inflammation. In appropriate doses those two anti-inflammatory meds resolve the inflammation quickly thereby lowering the risk of severe and critical acute pancreatitis, complications and damage. When the inflammation resolves so does the pain, nausea, vomiting and the likelyhood of continued damage.

I use Ibuprofen knowing the slight risks involved because I also know what could and does happen when the inflammation is NOT addressed appropriately.

2500 deaths YEARLY from AP in the US alone with over 115k deaths worldwide.

Risk vs Benefit.

Where do you see the least risk with the most benefit?

Remember there are two photos of articles on/in this post. The one on the left talks about a 17 year period in which they found almost 2500 cases of kidney "injury" in the US due to Ibuprofen usage whereas ...

The other article, on the right, states that over 2500 DIE YEARLY, that's EVERY YEAR in the USA, from acute pancreatitis.

I'm merely showing the risk of DYING from unresolved acute pancreas inflammation is far GREATER than the risk of kidney "damage" due to Ibuprofen.