OK, so just as things were getting rolling in the off-season training, I managed to injure myself. Nothing life threatening (that's a nice change) - I've got an enflamed achilles tendon (AKA tendonitis) in my left ankle. It arose a couple of weeks ago from overuse, I guess, and I've been taking it pretty easy since then - mostly just resting, icing, etc. Tried a short ride this past Wednesday and it started hurting after only 5 minutes. Ridiculous - time to see the doctor. Doctor Richburg races down at the track with me. He checked it out - said it would be fine, just needed some physical therapy to strengthen the area. Prescribed 500 mg pills of naproxen (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug) twice a day.

dr : Do you have any stomach problems?
me : Nope.
dr : Good, cause you just need to be careful with these - they're not miracle pills - eat immediately after you take a pill, otherwise they tend to burn a hole right through your GI tract (transient ulcers).
me : Awesome - and this is prescribed medicine?
dr : Hey, it works fine as long as you eat food.
me : Oh, I can do that...

Naproxen is also used in Aleve, but in smaller doses. As a comparison:

Aleve recommends 2 pills (220 mg each) for the first hour, but no more than 3 pills per day. So, total of 660 mg per day.
This prescription says 2 pills per day (500 mg each) for a total of 1000 mg per day. Huh.

Physical therapy starts next Wednesday - interested to see what that involves.