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Took ibuprofen for four days after a fracture - will this have stopped the bones healing properly?

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braginskayas
braginskayas

I broke my foot (2nd, 3rd and 4th metatarsal fracture) two and a half weeks ago, but didn't find out it was actually broken until about five days afterwards, as the doctor at the walk-in centre only initially thought it was sprained. As a result, I ended up taking ibuprofen to help with the inflammation from the 'sprain', but I found out later that anti-inflammatories can actually slow down or prevent bone healing in the early stages of a fracture, and now I'm panicking that my foot isn't going to heal properly! Do you think I've stopped the broken bones from healing by taking ibuprofen?

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  • rfoot
    rfoot braginskayas

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    I'm sure the odd dose of ibruprofen will not make any significant difference. If you were taking it several times a day over a long period of time...well maybe (only medical professionals could tell you)...now you know...ask your doctor or take paracetomol based pain killers

    I'm sure if it were a really, really major issue then they would be telling us as they put us in cast...but they don't..at least nobody told me...I read it on t'internet

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