Originally posted by barbells79
this is an excerpt from the pages of muscular development:
from the university of arkansas-university at cal berkeley:
pain killers stop muscle growth-
giving subjects the maximum amountsof ibruprofen(advil,1200mg ed or acetaminophen,4000mg ed)stopped protein synthesis(muscle growth)that normally occurs after weight training.this was a very important study for bodybuilders. it showed that all your hard work in the gym will be for nothing if you take common painkillers.
if your muscles hurt after a hard workout, take a hot tub and leave the analgesics alone.
this wasnt the whole article, just some excerpts from it.

gsims, i know this dosent answer your question as to what to sub for these items you're using, but i figured you'd like to know at least this much.
peace bb79
2 funny i wrote the same thing earlier take a look up,.........lol.....