| Key to ratings for voltaren: 5-Very Satisfied: this medicine cured me or helped me a great deal. 4-Satisfied: this medicine helped. 3-Somewhat Satisfied: this medicine helped somewhat. 2-Not Satisfied: this medicine did not work to my satisfaction. 1-Dissatisfied: I would not recommend taking this medicine. |
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| 1 | possible Bursitis upper butt pain | I took one dose and 15 minutes later i felt dizzy and had chest pain and felt like my life was gonna slip away and die | i called my Dr and he is an idiot ..he told me that this medicine does not cause these symptoms I hate when Pharmecitical company push these and have DR's advertise and experiment on us like animals they jsut make us sicker | F | 34 | 1 days | 2/1/2010 | 4 | Scoliosis - severe arthritic pain | Heartburn and stomach upset. | It seems to be working pretty well. I still have pain but less severe. I have been somewhat concerned about taking this drug for so long due to the possible side effects, but my Dr. checks me out (blood work, etc.)every four months and I seem to be doing allright. I don't want to get started on stronger, possibly habit forming drugs. | M | 70 | 4 years | 1/27/2010 | 3 | osteoarthritis | This drug MAY have caused edema of fingers and face after taking for 4 days. Also may have caused shortness of breath. Also some crabbiness and cramping (as in menstrual) and spotting. Timing off for a true period, so suspect Voltaren is the culprit. | Took one 50 mg pill each day for 5 days. The first day it seemed to make all the pain of a muscle spasm in shoulder go away. It almost seemed like a miracle. The effects diminished each day (I have pain almost all the time) and now my face and fingers are swollen and I am short of breath, cramping and bloated. Interesting to see females posting similar troubles. I will NEVER take another one of these. | F | 55 | 5 days | 10/17/2009 | 1 | Hip Joint, knee joint pain | Extreme diarrhea, vomiting, extreme sweating, dizzyness, very weak, powerful chills but no fever, bloody discharge. | Very bad reaction by my body. | M | 63 | 1 days | 5/18/2009 | 5 | severe knee pain, torn meniscus? | It's not clear that there were any. I'm concerned that I'm imagining them because of the long list of potential side effects. Medicine is scary, but it's sure working... | This drug was prescribed to help with severe knee pain while I wait for additional diagnostics and possibly surgery after 1/1 (due to high deductible on health insurance). Pain was bad enough that I had trouble standing up from sitting position. After about 24 hours, the pain was essentially gone and has stayed gone so far. | M | 57 | 10 days | 12/29/2008 | 1 | pulled a thigh muscle | cramps ,diarreah dont take this stuff | M | 30 | 2 days | 12/29/2008 | 1 | severe degenerative osteoarthritis | I was on celebrex till the SCARE of death took me off. Went on voltaren. Had wild dreams,gurgling stomach,tired, moody. 4 months ago my heart stopped and they said I have high blood press. I never had it before. I find out on the net that voltaren over long times can actually cause hypertension. I now use tylenol extra for arthritis. Voltaren should in my opinion be given rectally to the mfg. | It did alleviate the arthritis pain. It also made me dependent on tagamet after a few years. ThenI find out they two are not to be taken together. I was on voltaren for over 3 years. | M | 63 | 12/6/2008 | 4 | ankylosing spondyltits | dizziness first few days, mild nausea | F | 29 | 2 months | 11/8/2008 | 3 | back pain, arthritis | I was taking 75mg only once every three or four days. At first it was miraculous, no pain...I felt fabulous, except I did notice mild headache.. Then the side effects kicked in. Now , if I take only one pill, I have abdominal cramps, followed by diarrhea, lots of it! Also, LOTS of gas, gurgling, mild cramping all day. I tried one more today, immediately got a bad headache, and cramping, nausea, and heartburn. That does it.. I'm going back to iubrofen! | I took this the first time in February 2008, and have taken it occasionally since.Basically it works great for my pain, but I can't live with the side effects. | F | 63 | 8/7/2008 | 1 | shoulder injury | Took for 2 weeks. Towards the end, began getting tightness in my throat, tingling eyes and lips. These symptoms worsened over the following two weeks, especially the tightness in my throat until a severe case resulted in me colapsing from a heart attack and hospitalised for a week. | Would never use it again or reccommend it. | M | 41 | 2 weeks | 1/9/2008 | 3 | Lower back pain | Stomach cramps | When taken infrequently worked fine. No side effects When taking it twice daily side effects kicked in after one week. | M | 59 | 2 years | 10/2/2007 | 4 | chronic joint pain | Lots of stomach gurgling after eating, which has been consistent even after adjusting to the medication, and initial doses gave diarrhea for a few days. I have switched to taking it with a snack before bedtime with good results. | For me, it has been very effective pain relief for my chronic bone/joint pain from a broken elbow. So effective that I was able to substantially reduce the amount of narcotic pain reliever I was using once the Voltaren kicked in after about 2 days. | F | 36 | 2 weeks | 8/3/2007 | 5 | spondlylolisthesis/degen. disk | None | I have a slipped vertabrae and a degenerative disk. This medicine has been extrememly helpful. I don't take it daily, but at the first sign of a flare and it helps almost immediately. I tried Relafen, vicodine, flexeril and OTC pain relief and nothing has helped like this. | F | 32 | 6 months | 6/24/2007 | 4 | F | 60 | 4 years | 5/3/2007 | 1 | torn muscle in arm | It only took three pills only one a day to realize that the side effects can be quite dangerous. On the first night my heart was thumping pretty hard all night and weird chest pains. On second night same thing plus pain in my kidney area as well as stomach. The third night was all of the night before plus nausea and skin irritation. The side effects quit after 4rth night. Volteren did nothing to help my arm. | Even with a full stomach, this pill can be very hard to handle. Side effects can easily bring you closer to the grave. | M | 34 | 3 days | 12/13/2006 | 4 | adhesive capsulitis. | stomach upset and notable dehydration. | i would recommend plenty of food and water with this medicene. | M | 50 | 21 days | 11/5/2006 | 1 | tendinitis of the hand | unbearable stomach cramps on the fifth day -- vomiting for about 7 hours straight until I went to the Emergency Room. They ended up cutting out my appendix -- I think it was inflamed due to the medicine. | M | 24 | 5 days | 10/30/2006 | 1 | heel spur and plantar fasciatis | I have vaginal bleeding and cramping. . . it's taken me almost a week to realize this bleeding is due to the medication. The bleeding started almost immediately after taking the first dose. I initially thought I was having my period (even though it was not time). If anyone can give me info regarding how long this bleeding and cramping lasts, I would appreciate it. | F | 46 | 6 days | 8/30/2006 | 1 | frozen shoulder | I have vaginal bleeding and my vaginal skin burns a lot, my cycle was back (I'm menopausal ), breast pain Other symptoms I have: erithema, my skin is so dry I have little cuts on my hands, I 'm sweating a lot (usually I don't), pruritus ani etc. | I took it 3 times: the first for 3 days, then I stopped because it didn't make great improvements and I had diarrhea. My doctor told me the symptoms had to go away after taking few more Second time: I took other 3 pills in 3 days. little improvement with the pain. I had the first vaginal bleeding, a lot of pruritus and my skin was all red but I didn't know it was diclofenac. My doctor prescribed me a topical cream , did some vaginal test to exclude infections. I had my cycle The last one for 4 days. More problems and this time I had the idea to go on Internet and I discovered I had a lot of the side effects by taking it | F | 50 | 10 days | 2/3/2006 | 2 | arthritis | F | 51 | 2 years | 1/26/2006 | 1 | For encapsulitis of a toe | On day 8, starting wheezing at night. During the next 3 days the wheezing became a 24/7 side effect, with it being so bad at night, I couldn't sleep for more than 45 minutes. The wheezing literally woke me up, it was so loud. I also got a severe skin rash on the back of my neck, and on the back of one hand. | Doc said I was the first person in his practice who ever had an allergic reaction to this drug, and | F | 52 | 11 days | 3/27/2005 |
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ratings: 5-Very Satisfied: this medicine cured me or helped me a great deal. 4-Satisfied: this medicine helped. 3-Somewhat Satisfied: this medicine helped somewhat. 2-Not Satisfied: this medicine did not work to my satisfaction. 1-Dissatisfied: I would not recommend taking this medicine. |