Abstract
Objective: The purpose of the present research was to find out the perceptions of athletes about the usage of painkiller medications for fatigue relief while their sport trainings.
 Methodology: The data was collected from the athletes (n-80) having vast sport experiences who belonged to two public sector universities through online questionnaires. Afterwards, the collected data was edited into SPSS (v.26) and further analyzed the responses through descriptive statistics.
 Results: The majority of the athletes affirmed their intake of painkiller medications for the purpose of getting relief to their working group of muscles without claiming any harm or threat physically.
 Conclusion: These painkillers may be a source of less fatigue and provision of better blood flow to the working muscles of the athletes. Therefore, the athletes should use the painkillers with consultation of the doctor so that they may save themselves from their side effects if any.
Highlights
Fatigue has set in the skeletal muscles of athletes naturally while engaging in various competitive sports trainings in the current days
26 athletes belonged to Government College University Faisalabad, 41 were from The Islamia University of Bahawalpur and 13 athletes were studying in Government College Women University Faisalabad
The findings revealed that 88.75% of the athletes [sometimes (28.75%) and frequently (60%)] use painkillers to relax their body muscles while performing sport training
Summary
Fatigue has set in the skeletal muscles of athletes naturally while engaging in various competitive sports trainings in the current days. Medicine is a common usage or misusage of analgesic medications and NSAIDs [5]. The painkiller effects accomplished by consuming pharmacologic ingredients such as opioids and other anesthetics should not be generalized to NSAIDs usage throughout the exercise having in mind the diverse pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetic features of the painkiller ingredients [6]. Doctors use pharmacological products to treat the players’ pain with painkillers so that the athletes will not be detrained and will reach fast rehabilitation. These mediators might comprise of analgesics, up-todate analgesics, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory, up-to-date anti-inflammatory mediators and corticosteroids
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