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Painkillers in Sports

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Fox31 Denver

College football...

Toradol is categorized as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory, but its fast-acting pain relief has made it a popular drug to take during and before competition.

In a special report “Masking the Pain,” FOX31 Denver found the University of Southern California, Ohio State, Oklahoma and Louisiana State have utilized Toradol in the locker room.

Plus, every big college program in Colorado -- Colorado, Colorado State, Northern Colorado and the Air Force Academy -- have been prescribing and buying Toradol and other painkilling medications for players.
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Apparently this drug was also a part of the NFL concussion lawsuit.

Older story about MLB baseball...

NYTimes

No data are available on the use of the drug by athletes, so it is unclear how frequently Toradol injections are provided and for what ailments, and whether players are told of the potential side effects — all of which has caused tension and a growing awareness among sports medicine experts. Concerns over its widespread use in baseball compelled at least two team doctors to stop using it, according to a medical staff member of a major league team who spoke on condition of anonymity so as not to implicate his team.
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Leave that crap alone, guys. I know it's in jest, but here's my story...

My wife just had back surgery exactly three weeks ago. Prior to that, the emergency room doc prescribed her this crap.

She couldn't take any of the other meds she had for
 
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alexhortdog95 said:
Leave that crap alone, guys.
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I have been in varying degrees of almost constant pain in my right shoulder for a little over 5 years now. First felt it go throwing a baseball warming up before a game. It's steadily gotten worse over the years.
I have had XRays, MRIs, etc.

most recent diagnosis: bone spurs impinging the rotator cuff causing inflammation. No realistic surgery to "fix" it.

best case scenario is cortisone shot 2/3 times a year (they actually work for about 2 weeks) and over the counter NSAIDs.

other than that. deal with it. and it will continue to deteriorate as I get older.

i'll be 37 in a couple of weeks and most days I can't even play catch for more than 5 minutes with my son that plays travel ball.

so no, it wasn't in jest.
I'm actually going to ask my doc about it on my next visit.
 
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Muck said:
Best story ever.
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Sorry, guys - I didn't see this post didn't contain all my story in it's gory details....

So, what happened was, she was given a prescription of this crap by an ER doctor.
Come to find out, she couldn't take any of the other meds she was already prescribed for her back if she took this stuff, because of interaction.
She was taking Gabapentin, Diclofenac, and Cyclobenzaprine. Because of the interaction with all the other drugs, she had to make a choice....
Stop taking the muscle relaxers and the other meds actually helping her situation, or take this ONE pain med and be higher than hell.

Didn't matter - she hardly took any of this crap and was just in pain the entire time up until the surgery.

So they gave her this stuff to manage pain AFTER surgery. She didn't need to take any of the other stuff, just pain meds to manage the pain.

And the crap constipated her. Badly.
Anybody that's ever had back surgery knows the dangers that a huge iron block of [Mark May] in your rectum can mean after having that type of surgery.

We tried stool softeners, other things. Had to do a fleet enema.
I may as well have been CJ or JT, standing behind center, clapping my hands. Cause stuff flew like a shotgun snap. Luckily, we were prepared.

Moral of this story is - take this stuff knowing a few things prior to taking it. I'm not saying it doesn't help people, but know what the hell you're putting in your body before you do.

The wife is doing quite well, btw. She just returned to work on Monday part time and is feeling pretty good. This after 3 weeks out of surgery.
 
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Nutriaitch said:
I have been in varying degrees of almost constant pain in my right shoulder for a little over 5 years now. First felt it go throwing a baseball warming up before a game. It's steadily gotten worse over the years.
I have had XRays, MRIs, etc.

most recent diagnosis: bone spurs impinging the rotator cuff causing inflammation. No realistic surgery to "fix" it.

best case scenario is cortisone shot 2/3 times a year (they actually work for about 2 weeks) and over the counter NSAIDs.

other than that. deal with it. and it will continue to deteriorate as I get older.

i'll be 37 in a couple of weeks and most days I can't even play catch for more than 5 minutes with my son that plays travel ball.

so no, it wasn't in jest.
I'm actually going to ask my doc about it on my next visit.
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Watching a Browns game is still worse. 8D
 
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alexhortdog95 said:
So they gave her this stuff to manage pain AFTER surgery. She didn't need to take any of the other stuff, just pain meds to manage the pain.

And the crap constipated her. Badly.
Anybody that's ever had back surgery knows the dangers that a huge iron block of [Mark May] in your rectum can mean after having that type of surgery.

We tried stool softeners, other things. Had to do a fleet enema.
I may as well have been CJ or JT, standing behind center, clapping my hands. Cause stuff flew like a shotgun snap. Luckily, we were prepared.
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Your mistake here was not countering the constipating effect of the Toradol by increasing the amount of diuretics in her diet. If she were an athlete, she'd have two venti lattes first thing in the morning, then either more coffee, caffeine, or Gatorade up until about one hour before kick off or first pitch, at which point she'd slam back seven or eight 5 Hour Energies.

That kind of diet will really get the juices flowing, if you know what I mean.
 
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Dryden said:
Your mistake here was not countering the constipating effect of the Toradol by increasing the amount of diuretics in her diet. If she were an athlete, she'd have two venti lattes first thing in the morning, then either more coffee, caffeine, or Gatorade up until about one hour before kick off or first pitch, at which point she'd slam back seven or eight 5 Hour Energies.

That kind of diet will really get the juices flowing, if you know what I mean.
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She drank nothing but water. Maybe that was the issue.
In any case, it sucked for her, and we were worried that she'd herniate another disk by straining too hard.
 
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alexhortdog95 said:
Sorry, guys - I didn't see this post didn't contain all my story in it's gory details....

So, what happened was, she was given a prescription of this crap by an ER doctor.
Come to find out, she couldn't take any of the other meds she was already prescribed for her back if she took this stuff, because of interaction.
She was taking Gabapentin, Diclofenac, and Cyclobenzaprine. Because of the interaction with all the other drugs, she had to make a choice....
Stop taking the muscle relaxers and the other meds actually helping her situation, or take this ONE pain med and be higher than hell.

Didn't matter - she hardly took any of this crap and was just in pain the entire time up until the surgery.

So they gave her this stuff to manage pain AFTER surgery. She didn't need to take any of the other stuff, just pain meds to manage the pain.

And the crap constipated her. Badly.
Anybody that's ever had back surgery knows the dangers that a huge iron block of [Mark May] in your rectum can mean after having that type of surgery.

We tried stool softeners, other things. Had to do a fleet enema.
I may as well have been CJ or JT, standing behind center, clapping my hands. Cause stuff flew like a shotgun snap. Luckily, we were prepared.

Moral of this story is - take this stuff knowing a few things prior to taking it. I'm not saying it doesn't help people, but know what the hell you're putting in your body before you do.

The wife is doing quite well, btw. She just returned to work on Monday part time and is feeling pretty good. This after 3 weeks out of surgery.
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Sounds like a sticky situation.
 
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