| Key to ratings for relafen: 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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| 5 | inflammation | some hot flashes when on higher doses | told by my doc to cut back as she thought it could be damaging my kidneys | F | 54 | 16 years | 8/25/2009 | 5 | Arthritis pain in lower back & legs | I've had no side effects. I take 1500 mg a day. | Pain is the worst at night when I lay down. Before Relafen I couldn't sleep more that about 2 hrs a night. Relafen, diet, and stretching relieved about 80% of my pain. After 10 yrs on Relafen, my pain is getting worse again. Don't know what to do now. | M | 59 | 10 years | 5/21/2009 | 5 | Inflammatory Arthiritis Pain | The only side effect is upset stomach. I have to eat prior to taking this medicine and right after in order to prevent stomach pain. I noticied that Milk of Magnesia helps to coat the stomach too when taking this drug. | This drug worked better than any OTC drug like Motrin or Ibprofen. | F | 28 | 1 months | 5/20/2009 | 5 | achiness in back and neck | None, this is the only NSAID that I have been able to tolerate. I do advise taking it with food though. | F | 56 | 10 years | 3/26/2008 | 5 | 2 herniated discs, major leg pain | I am actually taking Nebumatone (generic relafen)...The doctor prescribed 2, 750 mg's/day...My legs felt numb and I had a slight constant back ache...Cut back to 1 per day...Felt great... | I've been suffering with pain in my legs for 6 months, and it came out of nowhere...Took 5 doctors to get me to where I am now...I'm pain free, trust my legs are not going to buckle on me when I stand up, don't have to stretch my leg muscles out every time I stand up and am walking the way I should be...Improved my golf game also... | M | 56 | 7 days | 6/21/2007 | 5 | Lower back pain | None | The pain in my lower back has subsided a great bit do to this medication. It took about three weeks for it to affect me, but I am very happy with the results. | M | 37 | 50 days | 11/27/2006 | 5 | Knee pain | No side effects yet at all. I feel better than I have for 2 years or more. Energetic, more energy probably because not fighting pain like I was. I was in severe pain and could hardly move my leg for more than an hour. I am up and going again. I am grateful. | F | 54 | 17 days | 7/3/2006 | 5 | Shoulder | None | Very good drug when coupled with glucosamine | M | 18 | 2 years | 3/4/2004 | 5 | RA | none | F | 51 | 2 years | 8/2/2002 | 4 | ankle and foot pain | Heart palpitations and fluttering sensation, abdominal pain and bloating, severe headache. | It was on the 4th day that I started having the side effects. I stopped taking it. It did help my foot pain greatly, but I didn't feel it was worth the side effects. | M | 43 | 5 days | 3/23/2008 | 4 | herniated lumbar disc pain, arthrit | spasms of hands, fingers, feet, legs | other than the occasional spasms, the pain is greatly under control (in addition to having an epidural) | F | 49 | 9 days | 8/29/2006 | 4 | RA | Felt a little fuzzy-minded at first | VaVoom! I love this stuff. Goodbye Advil. I have SO much energy after only a week and my pain went from an 8 to a 3. Not running yet, but I see real exercise in my future now. | F | 32 | 7 days | 7/5/2006 | 4 | RA | At first the drug made me | I couldn't really tell that the drug was doing anything until I missed a dose. I still feel pain but if I miss a dose the stiffness after sitting or even the morning stiffness is more than double when taking the med. | M | 37 | 3 months | 4/9/2005 | 4 | arthritis in my lower back | pins and needles in hands and feet. | I've been taking Relafen for a week now and I too feel better than I have in two years or better. I just started with the pins and needles the last couple of days. I noticed it is listed as a rare side effect. Anyone else had this effect? | F | 31 | 1 times | 4/4/2005 | 4 | JOINT INFLAMMATION | Dizziness / vertigo | I'm a runner who found relafen helped with joint pain. Bextra seemed to help but not as much and was more expensive. The dizziness I sometimes have with Relafen seems to be related to dosage. Just had a very weird vertigo-like episode that I plan to see the doctor about. | M | 51 | 3 years | 10/3/2004 | 4 | JOINT INFLAMMATION | Dizziness / vertigo | I'm a runner who found relafen helped with joint pain. Bextra seemed to help but not as much and was more expensive. The dizziness I sometimes have with Relafen seems to be related to dosage. Just had a very weird vertigo-like episode that I plan to see the doctor about. | M | 51 | 3 years | 10/3/2004 | 4 | lupus with heartlining inflammation | Upset stomach, with a little nausea and diarhea. I seem to bruise easier, too. | Wow. I felt energetic for the first time in I don't know when. I think I have had sle for several years, but was only recently diagnosed. The fatigue, more than any soreness or pain was the worst. Relafen is supposed to have less of a chance of liver and kidney damage than some of the other NSAIDS. | F | 38 | 3 months | 5/18/2004 | 4 | osteoarthritis | Possibly a slight stomachache - but tolerable. | It seems to work better than or as well as the Cox-2 inhibitors that I tried. Also, it is available in generic form, which, or course, makes it cheaper. I had previously taken Naprosin [sorry about the spelling] and was diagnosed with symptoms of a hiatal hernia, which disappeared after I discontinued the Naprosin. | F | 65 | 2 years | 10/14/2003 | 4 | Psoriatic Arthritis | None | It has worked better than any other NSAID & I've taken many different ones. I also take Minocin for the Psoriatic Arthritis. The combination works well for me. | F | 40 | 1 years | 8/26/2003 | 3 | herniated disc and arthritis | Feel a bit sluggish and nauseous, the pain subsides for a while and then comes back. I don't like taking this drug due to the side affects. | F | 58 | 5 days | 6/25/2008 | 3 | low back pain | some dizziness, increased appetite, nervousness, heart palpatations, swelling in hands and fingers | It has helped releive my lower back pain and given me more freedom of movement, my doctor has recommended I stay on it for the next 3 months and check back with him again. Not sure I want to take this drug for that long as I think the side affects might be more dangerous than I've been told. | M | 56 | 2 months | 6/17/2008 | 3 | joint pain, random pain in arms | I have had heart palpitations twice in ten days and just tried on a dress I bought a week ago and it fit differently like I am swollen or something. I am going to discontinue. I took a antidepressant once that caused the rapid swelling and weight gain and so do steroid packs. I will say the pain has been a little better, but it's not worth the side effects. | F | 54 | 10 days | 4/17/2008 | 3 | bulging discs in cervical after MVA | itching rash on arms and legs that felt like bug bites, gastro problems, gas, cramping, blood in stool, occasional chest pain | Dr. said I had to be on it for at least a week before feeling relief. Not sure if it worked since I still feel pain. I stopped taking it after the bloody stools and chest pain because the side effects scared me. Feel Naproxen works better. | F | 37 | 30 days | 7/16/2007 | 3 | Knee / Ankle Pain | Dizzeness | Helped pain but the dizziness gave me concerns | M | 48 | 1 years | 1/26/2007 | 3 | hip pain | no side effects per sae | I'm taking it short term while I wait for a full hip joint replacement. It worked well the first month, but after that, it hasn't helped the pain much at all. The main problem is that I fell, injuring my knee and shoulder and couldn't take any OTC NSAIS's for the pain for those injuries. I'm going to stop it, and go back to ibuprofen for the 6 weeks until surgery. | F | 52 | 45 days | 8/12/2006 | 3 | arthritis in knees | Taking twice a day for about 3 months, just started experiencing a tingling (pins & needles) in fingers | F | 50 | 75 days | 7/14/2005 | 3 | osteoarthritis | Lethargy & hair loss. | F | 41 | 21 days | 5/23/2004 | 3 | osteoarthritis | Gas, sensitivity to sun, broken capillaries in feet & ankles that turn very dark brown anywhere the sun hits them. | Have tried Mobic Vioxx Feldene without good results. Relafen keeps knees comfortable but doesn't control hip and shoulder pain completely. Have taken for 3 years. | F | 51 | 3/5/2004 | 3 | back pain | very tired | M | 43 | 5 years | 11/21/2001 | 2 | neck/shoulder pain | panic attack, pins and needles in fingers, muscles tight | i would not take this drug again, it helped a little, but feeling uninjured muscles twinging and pretty sure my heart beat faster than normal while taking | M | 27 | 6 days | 8/22/2008 | 2 | knee pain | heartburn fluid retention | have some relief from pain have to drink lots of water to maintain fluid retention | F | 50 | 3 months | 9/26/2007 | 2 | Fibromyalgia pain | Swelling, fluid retention, no improvement in pain | F | 50 | 7 days | 5/13/2007 | 2 | Shoulder/Joint Pain | Headaches, extreme fluid retention | I gained five pounds in the last five weeks. This made me more lethargic. I couldn't get through the day without a 2 hour nap, which doesn't cut it since I'm a full-time student. I didn't figure out that the weight gain was related to relafen until last week. I suddenly realized I was hungry all the time and that my weight had suddenly changed after remaining the same for four years. | F | 43 | 2 weeks | 2/19/2007 | 2 | IT band injoury from running | MAJOR diarrhea. I also started to breakout in cyst-like underground pimples. My ankles looked looked swollen. | I would not take this medication again. | F | 33 | 6 days | 10/20/2006 | 2 | Pulled / Strained muscle | Stomach pain, Nausea, Chest cramping, Diareah, gas... | Relafen and percoset were given to by my DR. for a pulled / strained muscle in my lower ribs. I have had percocet before for other medical procedures, and never had a problem. For some reason, this time around, combined with the relafen, I feel sick to my stomach, cramping in my chest along with a | M | 22 | 3 days | 2/16/2005 | 2 | Pulled / Strained muscle | Percoset combined with the relafen, I feel sick to my stomach, cramping in my chest along with a | Relafen and percoset were given to by my DR. for a pulled / strained muscle in my lower ribs. I feel total discomfort when taking both of these drugs... and ive only been on them for 3 days... Like I said before, I have never had a problem with Percoset in the past either... My main concern is the whole cramping in my chest, near my heart... I have never had that side affect before with percoset, but I am now getting it when both products are combined. I stoped taking both a this time. | M | 22 | 3 days | 2/16/2005 | 1 | lower back pain from degenerative d | heart palpataions, neck pain, sweating, sluggish feeling, hunger, muscle twitching, heat burn, constipation | It did nothing for my pain. | F | 62 | 3/16/2009 | 1 | osteoarthritis | shortness of breath, heart racing and pulse skipping. Only took 2 doses. Never had any of these symptons before taking Relafen. | M | 66 | 1 days | 3/1/2008 | 1 | Back spasms | SEVERE hives - then swelling of face less than an hour after taking it. Injection of steroids did no good - had to have IV steroids, epinephrine, the whole works and was in the ER for most of the day. Now have an epi-pen with me. | According to the allergist, Relafen works chemically differently than Ibuprofen and some of the other NSAIDs. I can take generic Ibuprofen without trouble - but like all meds, don't take them unless you really NEED them to reduce your chance of becoming allergic. | F | 58 | 1 times | 1/1/2008 | 1 | ankle pain | buring sensation in my stomach | this medicine made my stomach burn like fire. i took about 6 days straight and then stopped taking it becuase the stomach pain hurt so much. Also it gave me a very very heavy period with large clots and large amount of blood loss. Side effects definatley not worth it, id rather keep the ankle pain!!!! | F | 25 | 6 days | 10/4/2007 | 1 | Chronic daily migraine | Stomach pain, constipation and diarhea- alternately, rapid weight gain, bloating, edema | I do not think that the medicine had an effect on my headaches. It took me a while to discern all of the effects of the Relafen. I started taking the medicine around the time of a bad headache cycle, so I thought that some of the side effects were just the headache- but now I realize that it was actually the Relafen. | F | 32 | 1 months | 4/7/2007 | 1 | joint pain - osteoarthritis | Had a severe allergic reaction, itching rash that moved from my chest to my entire front side of my body. This went on for two weeks and the Dr's. said it will go away. Do you think they could stand two weeks of this? The itching was like being bitten my misquotes from my neck to my feet. A back ache that felt like I had been beaten by a mugger, that started at my mid back and radiated to the left and cramped my muscle up so bad that it hurt to just breath. Sweating, fluid retention, headache, and swelling. | Don't take this drug | F | 47 | 15 days | 2/19/2007 | 1 | knee pain | Within 2-3 hours of taking the dose, generalized aches and pains in all muscles, somewhat relieved by heat, lasting several hours. This stopped when I discontinued the drug. | F | 53 | 5 days | 8/8/2006 | 1 | Relafen Linked to Stevens Johnson Syndrome | 6/30/2006 | 1 | Tennis Elbow | Extreme depression, skin rash on face, itching all over upper torso, diarrea, constipation, altered vision similar to dizziness, problems sleeping, anxious, nervous, not hungry or extremely hungry. Both symptoms within 2 or 3 days | Would not take this ever again. | M | 46 | 6 days | 3/15/2006 | 1 | cartilege inflammation | triggered a kidney ailment that caused protein loss. i was very ill and required 2 years of steroid therapy to reverse the effect. | F | 21 | 10 days | 8/5/2005 | 1 | fibromyalgia pain | None | It really doesn't help me at all. | F | 56 | 1 years | 5/26/2005 | 1 | inflamed disk in the spine | I thought I was having an allergic reaction and went to the ED. I was told to stop an antibiotic I was taking, which I did. The same symptoms appeared the next day. The side-effects of this drug were practically the same as an allergy: I have hives, sweating, fluid retention, headache, itching, rash, fluid retention and swelling. | My back feels great, and I am grateful for that. But I am going to stop taking this medication until I can see my doctor again. | F | 50 | 3 days | 5/20/2005 | 1 | ankle,knee,leg pain,swelling,throb | gradual severe all-over joint pain. The pain would | F | 52 | 13 days | 1/15/2005 | 1 | ankle,knee,leg pain,swelling,throb | gradual severe all-over joint pain. | The pain would | F | 52 | 13 days | 1/15/2005 | 1 | wrist pain | Diarrhea which has continued for 2 1/2 weeks after I stopped taking the drug. The doctor has said he doesn't think Relafen caused the problem but it can't be a coincidence. I had severe diarrhea after one day so I stopped taking it immediately. | F | 66 | 1.5 days | 11/10/2004 |
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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. |