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. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:01:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: mike http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/04/08/are-cox-blockers-the-new-steroids/#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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