Comments on: Are COX-Blockers the New Steroids? http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/04/08/are-cox-blockers-the-new-steroids/ Quirky, funny, and surprising science news from the edge of the known universe. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:35:58 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Tony R http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/04/08/are-cox-blockers-the-new-steroids/comment-page-1/#comment-25293 Tony R Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:14:41 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/04/08/are-cox-blockers-the-new-steroids/#comment-25293 the cyclooxygenase enzyme catalyzes the formation of prostaglandins that are the first in a series of events that lead to muscular hypertrophy and adaption to resistance training. They sort of act as a biological marker for anabolic hormones during the recovery process. Blocking the COX enzyme will be detrimental to the recovery process.this study probably only applies during the first few weeks when delayed onset muscle soreness is more pronouced I believe they will come to a very different conclusion if they used resistance trained athletes the cyclooxygenase enzyme catalyzes the formation of prostaglandins that are the first in a series of events that lead to muscular hypertrophy and adaption to resistance training. They sort of act as a biological marker for anabolic hormones during the recovery process. Blocking the COX enzyme will be detrimental to the recovery process.this study probably only applies during the first few weeks when delayed onset muscle soreness is more pronouced I believe they will come to a very different conclusion if they used resistance trained athletes

]]> By: mike http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/04/08/are-cox-blockers-the-new-steroids/comment-page-1/#comment-5224 mike Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:45:23 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/04/08/are-cox-blockers-the-new-steroids/#comment-5224 Maybe these drugs help build muscle mass by allowing the muscles to actually recover faster - like steroids - as opposed to just masking the pain. NSAIDs (like ibuprofen) reduce inflammation, and for that reason are often prescribed to promote healing from minor injuries, so it seems likely they'd work the same way for exercised muscles. At any rate, I prefer these explanations to the cox-blocking theory... Maybe these drugs help build muscle mass by allowing the muscles to actually recover faster – like steroids – as opposed to just masking the pain. NSAIDs (like ibuprofen) reduce inflammation, and for that reason are often prescribed to promote healing from minor injuries, so it seems likely they’d work the same way for exercised muscles.

At any rate, I prefer these explanations to the cox-blocking theory…

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