INDOCIN Reviews (INDOMETHACIN)Average Rating: 3.4 (50 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare INDOCIN with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR INDOCIN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | gout in big toe | No negative side effects. Definitely have to drink a lot of water to help clense your body, otherwise I would get dry mouth at night. After a few days, the painful gout would go away. | Gout in my big toe is one of the most painful things I have ever had. Indomethacin was a savior. | M | 28 | 10 years | 7/25/2005 | 3 | arthritis | I also have many flare ups in my joints. They are very painful but not as painful as when I have my gout attacks. These happen usually a few times a year. My doctor gave me Indocin, and I take this with a meal and avoid lying down for about 2 hours. Recently I was hospitalized for bleeding in stomach (ulcer). The cause was from taking this and Aspirins. | M | 59 | 6 months | 5/25/2005 | 3 | arthritis | Feeling of heartburn in stomach. Recently I was hospitalized for bleeding in stomach (ulcer). I was told NOT to take Inocin and aspirins anymore. | My doctor gave me Indocin, and I take this with a meal and avoid lying down for about 2 hours. I also have many flare ups in my joints. They are very painful but not as painful as when I have my gout attacks. These happen usually a few times a year. | M | 59 | 6 months | 5/25/2005 | 1 | Misdiagnosed as arthritic | Extreme dizziness, depersonalization, depression, loss of appetite, and, ultimately, an auditory hallcuination. | F | 50 | 30 days | 3/24/2005 | 5 | severe chronic headach | Dizziness, Depression,Fatigue, Increase of Appetite. | This is the Only medicine which is effectivw on my severe headach. | M | 50 | 15 years | 1/17/2005 | 5 | Chronic Paroxysmal Hemicrania | lightheaded feeling for about an hour a day. Also not sure if this is causing me constipation or if it's the Prevacid I'm also on. | I have now gone 140 days with out ANY head pain from my CPH. THIS IS A MIRACLE DRUG. I LOVE IT!!! | F | 23 | 4 months | 10/4/2004 | 4 | hemicrania continua | At doses above 150mg/day my varicose veins were more painful and my skin became very dry. | This has greatly relieved the daily headache and all but eliminated the severe episodic headaches. I take 150 mg divided into three doses. I am very careful to take it with food and so far have not suffered any gastric upset. | F | 53 | 4 years | 4/19/2004 | 3 | arthritis | headache, flare of crohn's disease due to impact on stomache | went on after VERY bad flare and worked but caused flare of crohn's | F | 27 | | 3/23/2003 | 5 | | 6/25/2002 | 5 | FOR MY ARTHRITIS | HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, HOLDING IN FLUID | I CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT THIS..I HAVE TRIED ALL OTHER ARTHRITIS DRUGS AND I AM IN SO MUCH PAIN THAT I WOULD RATHER DIE THAN GO OFF THIS DRUG..SO AS OF TODAY I HAVE GOT TO WATCH ALL MY SALTS SO I CAN STAY ON THIS, THE DOCTOR DOESN'T LIKE HOW HIGH MY BLOOD PRESSURE IS..140/100..BUT WHEN YOU ARE IN THAT MUCH PAIN YOU WILL DO ANYTHING TO STAY ON IT, SO I HOPE STAYING AWAY FROM SALT WILL HELP. THE WAY I TAKE IT HAS NEVER HURT MY STOMACH. ALWAYS EAT AT LEAST A PIEACE OF BREAD OR SOMETHING, DRINK ABOUT 80Z. GLASS OF MILK AND A 20 0Z. BOTTLE OF WATER WHEN YOU TAKE IT. THIS WAY IT STAYS OFF YOUR STOMACH LINNING. THIS IS THE ONLY DRUG THAT I HAVE FOUND THAT WORKS FOR ME. AND I HAVE BEEN ON EVERYTHING.. | F | 45 | 3 years | 1/27/2002 |