celebrex

crombo
crombo Member Posts: 2
edited 19. Jun 2009, 16:08 in Living with Arthritis archive
hi everyone...first time user.

i am a 47 year old male with hip arthritis for 2 years. since jan 2009 i have been struggling to deal with pain and paracetamol stopped working.
doc prescribed celebrex and i have been taking 100 mg daily for the last 6 weeks and i have improved out of all recognition. i have got my life back

people keep telling me that this drug is not safe.

can anyone share their thoughts

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  • calcass
    calcass Member Posts: 29
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    crombo wrote:
    hi everyone...first time user.

    i am a 47 year old male with hip arthritis for 2 years. since jan 2009 i have been struggling to deal with pain and paracetamol stopped working.
    doc prescribed celebrex and i have been taking 100 mg daily for the last 6 weeks and i have improved out of all recognition. i have got my life back

    people keep telling me that this drug is not safe.

    can anyone share their thoughts

    Hi there

    Thank you for the positive post - I think views on this drug vary from regions and specialists.
    I've been on 2oomg 2x a day for several years - and would be lost without it. Before I've been on many drugs, NSAIDS and DMARDS and have found Celebrex most effective and much easier of the tum (which was a life saver for me)!
    So I'm glad not all docs have listened to the hype although I do know of some who have been taken off drug I suppose it is dependent on individual and postcode lol
    calcass
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    Ccass
  • j0nn13
    j0nn13 Member Posts: 26
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Before I was put on DMARDS which have thankfully worked very well, I was in quite a bit of pain and non of the regular NSAIDs worked for me.

    My GP put me on celebrex 200mg twice daily and as others have said, it was a wonder drug and completely got rid of any pain and swelling. I was warned that it had some increased risk of heart attack and stroke, but because I was young and relatively fit it was deemed an acceptable risk.

    I think the risk is estimated at 3-4x increased risk of stroke or cardiovascular event, however there is apparently a lot of investigation going on at the moment about whether or not there is an increased risk for NSAIDs as a whole class of drugs. I guess you will have to speak with your doctor about the risk v benefit! I was on it for almost 2 years and was fine :D
  • joyous
    joyous Member Posts: 179
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    hi im on celebrex as well 200mg a day one in mornin and on at night ive never heard any one sayin it was dangerous thou i use to be on brufen retard then i found out you should take if you have asthma or bad chest i was on it years before i found that one out . i have ra . had it 14 years now im 43 . joy x
  • linmad
    linmad Member Posts: 18
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    hi,
    just popped in for a quick look before ncis, i have o/a and celebrex is the only anti inflamm that has helped me at all , and i tried a fair few :):)
    i was taken off it for a few months when a lot of hype about side effects in the press but i soon noticed the differance , felt like i was falling to bits !!
    have always taken 2x 100mg but just this week went to gp, as so tired and waking through night in pain and dose has been increased to 2 in morning and 1at night, and was told can go to 2 twice a day, but thought i'd save that in case things get worse :( :
    i also take paracetamol and tramadol for the pain , amitriptylin to help sleep, and in the hope it helps glucosamine and omega 3 fish oils.

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