I am far less knowledgeable than most members here, so you'll have to excuse my ignorance with this question.
However, I see a lot discussion about controlling inflammation for general health and well being. It does appear that, in general, anti-inflammatory substances are pro-health in very many ways and the majority (perhaps the vast, vast majority) of the population is over-inflamed. That being the case (please correct me if I am mistaken here), why isn't there much inclination to use -or at least consider- long term, low dose use of prescription anti-inflammatory medicines?
Say something like Melixocam at a low dose every day or every other day for very long periods for example... Would this be health promoting? Harmful...?
Let me proactively address some basics so we do not lose time discussing what should be obvious
- We need a certain amount of inflammation for health
Indeed we do. However, the aforementioned type of drugs are in any event not capable of eliminating all inflammation. Even corticosteroids cannot do that. Besides we are talking about low doses and these drugs cannot wipe out all inflammation at even far higher therapeutic dosages.
- Stomach Issues by Way of COX Inhibition
Yes, there may be some stomach problems if you inhibit all COX enzyme activity across the board for too long / too much. But Melixocam, especially at low doses, is COX-2 selective anyways. Besides, even chronically suppressing all types of COX by taking Aspirin is very safe - at low doses of course- for most people, even if you so do for decades.
Thank you in advance