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Right, you want to give your patients the lowest effective dose while being cognizant of long term effects in chronic use. The less you can get away with the better.
C K, MD
PT is not futile and if you don't do the exercises consistently they won't work for you. If physiotherapy is too expensive, you can find lots of good sites online for free with videos and gif's of exercises to do for your knees. But if you don't want to do them, then its not a good option for...
As a physician I have no qualms about giving medical advice :) so here it is.
1) Everybody's knee conditions will be slightly different; it really is in your interest to have a specialist (orthopedist) examine you, get XRays, MRI, etc to try to delineate the source of your pain problem
2)...
Yes, the NSAIDs are marvelous for inflammatory conditions. The recommended OTC dose for ibuprofen in the US is 400mg (2 200mg pills). Ibuprofen by prescription is 400, 600, and 800mg. The max recommended 24 hr dosage is 3200mg or 3 x 800, although I never gave my patients more than 2400. The...
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