December 12th, 2017
In this modern era when everyone is so busy, dealing with pain, headaches or joint aches are the last thing you want to deal with. Solution?
Pop some Advil or Tylenol and numb those irritating nerves down!! However, like every other drug, excessive use of pain killers also come with certain side effects, including significant reduction in T levels.
Market is flooded with tons of pain killer choices including prescription and over the counter medications, among which the most common groups include:
NSAID’s exert their action by inhibiting the enzymes that are responsible for signaling pain in your body. As per research, a short-term use of over the counter pain killers won’t do any harm to testosterone. However, prescription NSAID’s may have a remarkable testosterone suppressing effect. Some other studies that further validated this relationship are briefly discussed as under:
Corticosteroids are used for numerous purposes, but as pain killer they are mostly used for joint pain and inflammations. The corticosteroid used for pain are synthetic steroids, principally the stress hormone “cortisol”. Cortisol is directly associated with reduction in T levels which clearly explains why this group of pain killers have negative impact on testosterone.
Opioids are the strongest pain killers and they have much potency to lower down testosterone. Though, mechanisms are not clearly understood but one mechanism which makes sense is the inhibition of gonadotropins from brain.
No doubt pain killers are blessing when you’re suffering from throbbing pain but, popping pills very often for minor ailments and in improper doses is not good at all, especially for hormonal health!
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