Anti-inflammatory proved to help tonsillectomy patients - KSFY News - Sioux Falls, SD News, Weather, Sports

Getting their tonsils out has long been a rite of passage for millions of kids.

Now, there's good news about a drug that is widely used to help kids through it. As many as 500,000 youngsters—fifteen and under—get their tonsils out each year.

Anti-inflammatory drugs are often given during the surgery to prevent complications, and for awhile some believed they caused problems.

However, a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association shows there is no increase in complications with these drugs.

Furthermore, taking steroids produced a faster recovery.