I don’t believe that the use of ibuprofen or naproxen leads to opioid abuse.[/quote]
Maybe not direct link.
But the habit of a remedy for normal ailments cause us to have weak mind and to seek pills for everything.
Pain is the body’s way of telling us something.
I just hate it that parents spend so much money for cold remedy for their kids… They don’t solve anything, just mask the symptoms and begins the slippery slope to addiction.
I have watched boyfriends and girlfriends who bring $30 to $50 worth of remedies to their loved ones at the littlest sign of sickness, as way to show they care. What a waste of money and enabling of doping habits. Our society has a propensity to doping and believing in magic pills.[/quote]There is no cure for a cold but it is handy to have cough syrup and a decongestant on hand to get thru your day. Both of those things really work! Plain aspirin lowers body temperature. As far as all that other stuff, no, I would not buy $30 worth of stuff for a common cold. Having a vaporizer to sleep next to is the most helpful thing to use to ease ones’ symptoms and get some rest. I always keep simple cold fixes on hand to use if/when the need for them arises.
