Gettin a little arthritis in my left hand by my thumb knuckle. I am allergic to all opioids and haven't drank alcohol in 3 years. Was thinking of a little run of deca to help with the joint pain. Never tried ibuprofen and tylenol. May give that a try first before the deca.
I recommend deca over the Tylenol and ibuprofen.
Mostly because daily doses of both can not only hurt your kidneys, but can cause ulcers in your stomach.
Even though Tylenol is a very common OTC it can still have severe side effects. Especially when taken in large doses for extended periods of time.
Now if you have a flare up, by all means take some. But on a daily basis... I don't recommend it.
I would recommend deca, and stretching! I really don't think most guys realize how important stretching is!!!
Stretching is the entire fucking reason why I'm able to lift again.
3 herniated discs and a tear in my spinal cord took me out of the game for years. I did doctor PT... but I firmly believe they don't want you to get better... because if you do... you stop going. I did their PT for months and months. With no relief. Then I took their drugs... and got hooked on their drugs... for years. Id say 80% my fault though. But my pain was very real... and the risk of getting hurt again kept me from touching any weight.
But after a back handed remark from my beautiful fiancee... I started looking into ways to fix my back.
After 3 weeks of doing the proper stretches and workouts almost 8 years of constant back pain was drastically reduced. After 2 months it was gone. Now 3 years later and my back hasn't hurt since. But I have to continue to do the stretches and put in the work.
We all have no problem curling and benching... but almost all of us avoid stretching.... why?
Now while I can't say that it can fix your problem... I promise it can help!
I mean... I went from constantly being in pain... a solid 7 out of 10 all day everyday for over 7 years. Taking every pain killer under the sun... enough of them to kill most people... and the pain was still always there. The drugs just made me not care about the pain.
Now... no pain... no pills... a very physical job and lifting weights 5 to 6 days a week.
Why? stretching... with some test and deca

. But the deca has only been the last few months.