ICE, ICE, ICE, and MORE ICE!!!!!! Can't emphasize that more. As stated Aleve, or Ibprofin will work well. Aleve is a little stronger of an antiimflamitory than Ibprofin is. OTC, Ibprofin (advil, mortin) can be taken. OTC stegth is 200mg. If you get a Rx from a DR he would give you 400-800mg. Anything over 200 is considered a perscription stregth. So, there is no difference between OTC and perscription...just the dose. Gib mentioned pain releavers are dangerous. Ibporifin and Aleve (naprosen) are not pain killers. The are anti-imflamitories. Thats what Tendonitis is. Imflamation of the tendons caused by overstress. Fancy name for a Pain in the A$$ Aleve, motrin, advil, are all o.k. If you go with motrin or advil...save money and go with generic. Aleve ha sa generic too, don't know what they call it. Genereics are the same stuff. Pain killers are very different as they attach themselve to the brain "sensors" that identify a feeling as being painfull. When the P.Kers attach they just block that receptor. Which..yes can cause more damage. However, most likely you don't have "damage". Just swelling I'd presume.

Anyway, Take one of the two to keep the swelling down. I'd stick with 2-3 time s a day. then, whenever you can ICE. ICE ALL THE TIME. 20 minutes on and a halfhour off. You shouldn't ice more than 20 minutes at a time. Thius actually will cause more swelling. Which leads to something else. NEVER HEAT IT!!!! You shouldn't heat and injury. heat promotes swelling. it will feel good initially, but it wont help in the long run. As a college athlete the only time I ever heated was before practice or comp. in order to loosen things up. Only because I had to though. afterwards...ICE ICE ICE ICE. If your sitting in front of the T.v....ICE IT UP. Also, when it starts to get better...keep icing it it. Every day. for a couple months after it feels good. This will keep the tendons from swelling back up.

J

P.S...no I'm not a doctor, but I did stay in a Holiday Inn Express last night