diclofenac surprises me because it's not used much anymore.
I wonder if there is a huge time delay going on here, and the contamination found was from doses administered decades ago.
I wonder if there is a huge time delay going on here, and the contamination found was from doses administered decades ago.
Rheumatic pain is usually hard to treat and many patients end up with a whole mix of pain drugs and many many times diclo makes the whole mix work.
I wasn't trying to say it's not used! I was just surprised to see it in the very short list of medications they found, rather than some other more commonly used medication.
But the entire point of this article is that when you take a drug it doesn't always vanish (metabolize) it often ends up in the sewer system, and from there it affects vultures and other animals.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diclofenac#As_a_veterinary_dru...
A lot probably just washes off. But it's a lot of milligrams in 1%, 2% or 3% tube formulation vs. tablets that are usually 50mg or 100mg.
On the ice, I'm guessing a lot of joint pain. Not just from falls, but just walking on ice and snow strains different muscles than you usually use to walk around.