I have no doubt this is true. For decades I was taking a variety of NSAIDs for my trashed, arthritic joints. I took ibuprofen for years, and also diclofenac (voltaren), meloxicam, and others, all at the doctor's advice.

And why do we say, "THE doctor"? The article THE as opposed to A is used to denote a noun when it is specific or unique. There was a time when there was only one doctor in town, so to this day we say, "the doctor". It's bullshit. "A" doctor is more correct. "A doctor told me to take this shit" sounds much less, what, valid than, "THE doctor told me to take this shit."

I quit taking NSAIDs years ago and have much less pain. What do I take? Here you go:

* boswellia extract 600mg/day
* curcumin with piperine 500mg/day
* palymitoylethanolamide 600mg/day
* other stuff I can't recall at the moment but that works

I was told fifteen years ago by two doctors that I needed total knee replacement. I now run up stairs. Fuck 'em.