VOLTAREN Reviews (DICLOFENAC SODIUM)Average Rating: 2.4 (110 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare VOLTAREN with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR VOLTAREN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 2 | For RA and OA joint pain | Very rough on my stomach. It does not matter if I take it with food or not. | Voltaren Gel rub is great though! | F | 45 | 3 months 75mg 3X day | 12/7/2010 | 5 | Plantar Fascitis and Back Pain | Mild sedation. | This is a GREAT drug for me. I am usually VERY affected negatively with most meds. Voltaren totally relieves my pain when nothing else worked. I take it with a meal so I don't have any stomach problems with it. It mellows me out a little but not too much. | M | 47 | 15 days 75mg 1X day | 10/13/2010 | 1 | arthritis | Horrific medication - Suffered an acute pancreatic attack with critical blood levels that almost caused my death. My entire body was "shutting" down. My blood reports were at critical levels, BP was very low 98/60, fever for over 6 weeks, weight loss of 10 lbs.,yellow color to my skin, couldn't walk straight,prostate infection, sweating, nausea, pain in stomach & back, urination effected, hoarseness/coughing, heart racing, disoriented. Then the doctor in charge left us floundering on our own, going from one specialist after another to counter what was happening. My children did some research on the web about my drugs that I was taking, which included Voltaren,and learned about the adverse reactions to this drug and I stopped Voltaren. The specialists agreed with this conclusion, since they were exact to my problems. My body reacted and I recovered gradually. My advice to all - STOP - Find something else. I lost 2 months of my life and I still don't remember the entire e | If you are taking this drug - Make absolutely sure that you get blood work done every 6 months, in order to catch any critical levels in your blood. Then - STOP - the drug. | M | 64 | 6 months 75 1X day | 8/9/2010 | 3 | Knee and elbow pain | Possibly diarrhea and stomach pain, but most likely none because I am taking this with a nasty antibiotic for a sinus infection that definitely causes diarrhea and nausea. | I was supposed to take it 2x/day for 7 days and then 2x/day as needed. I completed the 7 days and then did not take it on the 8th day. The pain was immediately worse than before taking Voltaren. It does help the pain in my knee, which is a strained meniscus, but I'm afraid that the drug is masking the pain which enables me to overexert my joints and cause more injury. This really makes me nervous. I am going to speak with my doctor about this possibility. | F | 28 | 9 days 75mg 2X day | 6/30/2010 | 1 | Arthritis in the knee | I had no side effects the first two days. The doctor prescribed for me to take 2 per day and I'm very glad I didn't. I took one per day and this is the third day. My face has felt numb most of the day and I feel light headed. I've had to get up and walk this feeling off, which has not been fun on the knee. | I wouldn't suggest voltaren because it did nothing for the inflammation in the knee and has me in a panic until I can get this stuff out of my system. | F | 40 | 3 days 75mg 1X day | 6/9/2010 | 4 | Back Ache / Spondlylolisthesis | No side effects at all in first 24 hours. | First day. Immediate and absolute relief. I don't get immediate and lasting relief from panadeine or Ibuprofen plus. Codeine medications aren't as effective and upset my stomach on occasions. So far this voltaren rapid 25 hasn't. First time in years my back ache has gone away so effectively. Really hope it last and i can wake up still feeling completely pain free. | F | 35 | 1 days 25 2X day | 5/15/2010 | 5 | M | 60 | 30 mg 1X day | 3/16/2010 | 3 | shoulder pain from spondylarthropy | dry mouth (also taking cymbalta) | when i first took voltaren, i didn't feel it helped me at all. however when i stopped, i was in a great deal more pain the following day. when i restarted it, i started feeling better. so it doesn't get rid of my pain, but does seem to make it more bearable. | F | 39 | 2 months 75mg 2X day | 2/26/2010 | 4 | Fibromyalgia | Extreme upset stomach...couldn't eat or drink anything | It did take away all of my pain and I was able to sleep very well through the night. It's just too bad that it upset my stomach so much. I didn't have any other side effects than this one. | F | 47 | 5 days not sure 2X day | 2/19/2010 | 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 |