How Does Ibuprofen Work on Joints & Sprains?
Unlike traditional pain medication, which exerts its action mainly on the pain receptors in the brain, ibuprofen works on a systemic basis, meaning that once taken, it circulates throughout the body, by way of the bloodstream and exerts its healing action on areas of inflammation within the body. Attack the inflammation, and you attack the pain. One of the effects of Ibuprofen is that it works on pain reduction by utilizing the strength it was made for, and that is inflammation reduction. Ibuprofen suppresses the body’s production of integral substances that are formed at the site of inflammation, called cyclooxygenase and prostaglandins. Cyclooxygenase is an enzyme that can come in one of three varieties, COX-1, COX-2 and COX-3. Ibuprofen typically works to suppress the manufacturing, or synthesis, of substances called prostaglandins that are chemicals that sensitize pain nerve endings and are causative agents in inflammation and pain, by suppressing the body’s ability to produce main
