Do you think I should stop taking naproxen?? I forgot but I take that in the mornings and Tylenol at night.
If you are using it to mask muscle pain/soreness then yeah. Thats your own body telling you to rest. You dont grow while pushing metal, thats when you tear you muscles and shred it. Then, you MUST give your body the time and resources it needs to fix those tears and shreds and build bigger and stronger muscles. If you keep punishing your body without this crucial step, all you are doing is tearing your muscles over and over. This will not make you grow and it will land u in INJURED town pretty quickly (I learned this the hard way...you dont wanna do that).
Furthermore, inflammation is a crucial step to muscle repair, not only are you removing the signal to rest, you are also halting your bodys own mechanism to fix your muscles.
Especially in a cut when you a re in a caloric deficit, LET YOU MUSCLES HEAL, CATER TO THEM. It is WAY more important than losing 0.5lb more per week.
Now if you are using naproxen to treat a completely unrelated injury or pain then it might be different. I personally never use NSAIDs. When you feel pain and inflammation is for a reason. Listen to it, dont just put a pillow on its face and push until it shuts up...that doesnt work unless your end goal is pain and frustration in the long run.