CELEBREX Reviews (CELECOXIB)Average Rating: 2.7 (391 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare CELEBREX with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR CELEBREX | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 2 | osteoarthritis | Having lots of gas! Causes rapid heart beat and I am very fatigued. Also having increased appetite and weight gain. Really don't like these side effects at all. | My pain is some what better but definetly not worth all the side effects and the way I feel. I was determined to give it a month but don't think I can continue to feel this way. Probably gonna call it "quits" for Celebrex! | F | 55 | 3 weeks 200mg 1X day | 2/14/2011 | 1 | Pain from quadriceps tear | At first, I experienced no side effects. However, on the third day, I began to feel a tender spot on my thoracic spine which gradually developed into generalized shoulder and neck stiffness. This was compounded by increasing anxiety and nervousness, and an inability to sleep at night. These side effects constantly increased day-by-day until I decided to quit Celebrex. | I have stopped Celebrex as of this morning, and hope that my anxiety and nervousness go away soon. I would rather deal with the pain. | M | 58 | 15 days 200mg 1X day | 2/13/2011 | 2 | ankylosing spondylitis | severe headaches, vomiting, arm / face / neck swelling, etc. | F | 30 | 1 months 100 mg 2X day | 1/29/2011 | 4 | Chronic Epididymitis | None | I have chronic dull pain in the left testicle due to repeated bouts of epididymitis in the past. I had tried taking over-the-counter Ibuprofen and Naproxen but in both instances they gave me such unpleasant gastrointestinal side effects that I had to quit after a few days. My Urologist then recommended Celebrex as an alternative. I have been taking 200mg 2x a day and it really takes the edge off the pain just as effectively or better than the other NSAIDs but without the GI side effects. It has gotten rid of alot of the swelling/inflammation as well. I am very pleased with the medication, however, im giving it 4 stars instead of 5 just because it is pretty expensive and there is no cheaper generic version available at the time of writing this. | M | 28 | 30 days 400 2X day | 1/9/2011 | 3 | Neck arthritis | Anxiousness, heart racing at times, EXTREME insomnia. Trouble going to sleep, then wake up like clockwork at 2 or 3am and up many times for the duration. | I cannot continue. Will try starting today to cut back to 200mg in the AM. If no luck, then I will ditch it and try a Chiropractor. | M | 48 | 30 days 200mg 2X day | 12/29/2010 | 1 | Back pain | Slurred speech, "black-out", anxiety, black stools, fatigue | OK everybody. I got every diease in the book, HIV, HEP C, anal cancer (dysplasia) bulging disks, blah blah blah. Still--I look and feel GREAT at 48. I have NEVER read the side effects sheet for ANY other the drugs given to me to help me stay alive. My beleif is that you "read it" you'll "have it". I taken meds most of my life with little side effects-- I exercise, no drinking or smoking. Now--having bad disks that won't go away my new Dr. gave me samples of Celebrex. I took 2 tablets yesterday and two today. I went to gym to stretch then woke up about 4 PM. Can't tell ya how I got home. My phone is FULL of VM's "asking if I'm OK?" I had a rare and weird side effect (I'm thinking with one of my other meds). PLUS my back still hurts. I'm done with this drug. :) | M | 48 | 2 days 200mg 1X day | 12/7/2010 | 4 | psoriatic arthritis | mild diarhea and severe gas. Cut back to 1 200mg per day experienced much less bloating and gas . | M | 58 | 1 years 200 2X day | 11/13/2010 | 5 | Medial meniscus tear | None | After experiencing increasing knee pain after a run, I went through the usual home treatments of hot and cold packs, therapeutic levels of Advil, as well as trying Tylenol and aspirin. Nothing really helped, so I went to an orthopedist. He diagnosed the MMT, and asked if I wanted a pain killer. I told him about trying Advil, etc., to no avail. He gave me a week's sample of Celebrex. It was like a miracle: not only did 95% of the pain in my knee go away, but so did some old post-op shoulder pain, as well as hip and hand pain (probably arthritis). I felt 20 years younger. He gave me an Rx to last until my surgery. Now, I've had to stop taking the Celebrex before my knee surgery (which is in a couple of days), and my leg is beginning to hurt and swell up again, and the other aches and pains have returned. I'm thinking of asking for another Rx even after my MMT is repaired. | F | 56 | 3 weeks 200mg 1X day | 11/1/2010 | 3 | Endometriosis | Burning "I just swallowed ground glass" abdominal pain | Initially no side effects at all, but after a couple of days I started having an intense "ground glass" burning upper abdominal pain which turned out to be NSAID induced ulcers. They may say Celebrex is easy on the stomach, but it wasn't at all for me. Too bad I reacted so negatively to it, it worked really well for the pain and now I can't use any NSAID at all anymore because of the ulcers. | F | 27 | 3 days 100mg 2X day | 10/28/2010 | 1 | Osteoarthritis, spinal stenosis, | Esophagus, throat, and stomach discomfort..slight at first and worsening to nagging pain with nausea and loss of appetite..Lethargy..Rashes in the last ten days. Took awhile to pinpoint cause. | Had the same problem a year ago. I was taking Celebrex, 200MG, twice a day. I went to pulminery specialist because I thought it was my chest. I then went to a gastro M.D. and had an endoscopy. I stopped the Celebrex and got better. Celebrex helped the joint pain so I started it again at half the dose, 200 MG/Day but not daily at first and then daily and the symtoms started so slowly that I failed to recognize them until it became obvious. From reading the comments posted here I see that in the last two months of this three months of taking it, I have been noticibly "too" tired and unable to function much of the day and by 8 PM I cann't keep my eyes open. I started getting small rashes too. I won't be taking it again! I am generally full of energy. I still workout 3 - 4 times a week but only because I do it in the mornings. I work full time but drag during the day and I can't do anything else. | F | 58 | 8 days 200 MG 1X day | 10/25/2010 | 4 | Arthritis in both knees and hands | No side effects that I csn identify | I take 1 Celebrex combined with 2x1000mg Glucosamine each day and this combination seems to keep the pain at bay. I had a knee replacement in June2010 which was very successful, but still have to cope with the pain in the other parts of my body. I'm not sure which of the meds is the one that works, becasuse I'm not gasme to go off either one. | F | 70 | 4 years 1X day | 10/18/2010 | 3 | Lower back pain, sciatica | I have stopped for 5 days, headaches are gone, diarhea still there so is burning in fingers. Sciatica is gone. I actually developed right after sciatica, trouble breathing, stuffy nose, dry cough. | F | 73 | 6 days 1 1X day | 10/13/2010 Patient History | 3 | joint pain all over | Started having itching a couple of months back; thought it was heat but no going away. The itching doesn't result in typical rash-like response but it doesn't go away. Been having more and more trouble staying asleep and dreaming all the time. Really tired and draggy throughout the day. | I am going back to herbal remedies and stopping Celebrex because I am having palpatations and the side effects for possible heart attack and stomach problems are more than I am willing to risk anymore. | F | 53 | 3 years 200mg 1X day | 10/13/2010 | 1 | back and neck pain- arthritis | My 80 year old father also taking COUMADIN had a bleeding hemmoragic stroke after taking this celebrex. It should have been taken off the shelf. He is now paralyzed on his right side- barely able to speak and still in the ICU unit | There are warnings on line but not enough on the packaging about the complications of taking celebrex with blood thinners. esp in older adults. There was a controversy and they played it down - | M | 80 | 20 days 1X day | 9/23/2010 | 1 | Shoulder pain | Sharp pain in the right lower-back, right hip, and right thigh after about 1 or 2 days similar to pinched nerve. Patch of pin-prick rash on right thigh and behind knee after four days. Mild throat irritation. Discontinued use after seeing rash. | I thought that the pain in the right back and leg was coincidental, probably from sitting in the car too long. Turns out that it was due to the Celebrex. Rash and irritated throat started after four days, painful to the degree of causing lack of sleep. Three days after discontinuing Celebrex, still have leg pain, and the rash has crusted over and is slightly less painful. Dr. did not mention these side effects. If he did, I would have recognized the problem after a day instead of four. | M | 43 | 5 days 1X day | 9/8/2010 | 1 | Foot surgery/ pain | Began drug following surgery and thought it was a miracle that I had NO pain for two weeks. Attributed lethargy to surgery and stopped drug for a few days began having alot of pain and MD said to resume celebrex. It did help the pain but after five weeks I began to have difficulty sleeping, sore joints, muscles overall pain and diareah and pain in my lower left abdomen which cause me such concern that I began journaling it. Stopped the celebrex five days ago and I am still in horrible pain, neuralgia and headache tired. Hope it goes away soon. | I'll never take it again. | F | 64 | 4 weeks 200mg 2X day | 8/21/2010 | 5 | myofascial pain syndrome, OA | none | I didn't know for sure how effective it was until I had to stop it for 4 months following lumbar surgery. (It interferes with bone growth after surgery). I had headaches for a couple days as withdrawal. I was delighted start taking it again. It definitely helps my joint pain, but still have to take vicodin and tramodol for breakout pain. | F | 56 | 4 years 200 1X day | 8/15/2010 | 4 | slipped disc | intense burning sensation of skin starting with my face, then chest, inner arms, belly, and inner thighs, legs and top of feet. Accompanying redness and slight overall sort-of-rash, but less of a rash and redness than I'd have imagined for the intensity of the burning sensation. Also fatigue and irritability. | After less than two days of taking celebrex, my back/leg pain was almost gone. Just before I was due to take my fourth dose my face suddenly began burning as if it had been rubbed with hot pepper, I felt on fire. It spread to much of my body as described. Called my doctor who prescribed benadril which took care of the burning. He told me to stop taking the celebrex, although we were not sure if it was the celebrex. However I'm not typically allergic to foods and the celebrex is all I could think of. Also, I wondered if it might have been a reaction between the celebrex and my vitamins. About 1.5 hours before the skin burning, I'd taken my full arsenal of vitamin supplements (E, cod liver oil, calcium+D, biotin, niacin, phosphatadyl serine). | F | 47 | 2 days 30 mg 2X day | 8/5/2010 | 3 | costochondritis | water retention, mild fatigue | Started taking it for severe pain diagnosed as costochondritis. Experienced some pain relief, but after 4 days, started to have swollen fingers and feet. Very uncomfortable. Not enough pain relief to justify adding discomfort of swollen fingers to keep taking it. Left message for doctor that I'd like to discontinue. | F | 37 | 7 days 1X day | 7/16/2010 | 2 | Scleritis | none | This was the 3rd medication I took for my scleritis - at first I noticed the red splotch in my eye went away and was excited...however another red spot appeared at the end of my first month taking Celebrex, which was the same result I had with Indocin. As an experiment, I stopped taking any medication after I ran out of the Celebrex bottle and my redness increased. In summation - it seemed to curb the redness, but not prevent flare ups. | F | 30 | 1 months 2X day | 5/7/2010 |