CELEBREX Reviews (CELECOXIB)Average Rating: 2.7 (391 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare CELEBREX with similar:
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| 3 | MPS, FMS, OA, Cervical Fusions | I just started this in Feb. 07. I have noticed a slight decrease in pain, but now I am concerned because I've lost 20 lbs in the past 4 months. I have numerous health problems, but was never allergic to Sulfa drugs. I am now experiencing diahrrea, slight bleeding possibly due to fissures (tears in the rectum). Slight stomach pain, very low almost like menstrual pain, but I had a hysterectomy so it's not that. I think I am going to call my Dr. first thing Monday morning. After reading these comments, I am really concerned that something could be terribly wrong. I haven't been able to lose weight in years due to Estrogen therapy and Thyroid medication, so something is NOT right. I am so glad I found this page! | I took Vioxx for several years, then it was pulled and I was put on Bextra. Then it was pulled and after continued yearly spinal blocks, I saw my Surgeon this past Feb. and he put me on this. I am worried about all of the years I've been taking this stuff now! It may help the pain, but it's NOT worth having a heart attack. I also have a rare vascular disease in my legs, so this spells out DANGER to me! | F | 42 | 13 months | 3/8/2008 | 2 | Left elbow pains | diareah | Diareah started while taking it for 15 days, and has persisted for 4 weeks since I stopped taking it. It helped a little with my elbow pain. Took 200 mg for 15 days | M | 48 | 15 days | 2/27/2008 | 2 | back pain | I was fatigued and slightly disoriented without a marked sense of relief. | F | 47 | | 2/26/2008 | 1 | fibromyalgia | Complete body rash that made me feel like my skin was crawling. Went to the doctor who called the ambulance to take me to the hospital. In the ER I was told if I would have taken two tablets, I probably would not be alive. | F | 61 | 1 days | 2/25/2008 | 4 | Knee Arthritis | very Dry Thirsty and Dry eyes... Lack of Smell and insomnia and also blood in urine.. Very moody and very tired... no energy | does take knee pain away so it took me year to place what was making me feel slow and lousy | F | 40 | 3 years | 2/13/2008 | 1 | stress fracture of the foot | sunburn like rash over entire body including EYEBALLS, did absolutely nothing for pain in foot, sensitivity to light | told doctor I was allergic to sulfa drugs. He prescribed celebrex telling me it wasn't really a sulfa drug. wasn't "really?" what does that mean? should have known better, his entire office was one big ad for the drug. posters, pens, note pads, flyers, buttons all advertising this drug. gave me a bag of samples and a prescription. never filled the prescription as I didn't like the side effects. | F | 38 | 4 days | 2/7/2008 | 1 | arthritis in hip & feet (heel spurs | Blood in stool; yellowing of skin & eyes (damages the liver). | When heel spurs were diagnosed in 2000, my dr instructed me to take Celebrex every day for the rest of my life. That was in 2000. If I don't take it, must constantly grind heels against a hard surface to relieve instense pain. If I do take it, there's no pain. BUT new md (8 yrs into taking this med) now tells me she wants me to gradually wean myself away from this. She insists they now know that this medicine should NOT be taken daily by ANYONE, because of potentially fatal, dangerous side effects (heart attacks, strokes, liver damage, ulcers, intestinal bleeding, etc.). She encouraged me to only take it if and when I need it. Now new problems with back have arisen. The DC is offering alternative approaches and says drugs only mask the pain. They do not solve or heal the problem causing the pain, and the meds often make new problems of their own. Some you won't know about until the damage is already done to major organs in your body. !!!!!!!!!!!!! Feeling used | F | 49 | 8 years | 2/6/2008 | 2 | Plantar faciaitis | Constipation | Did not really notice any benefit. | M | 57 | 7 days | 2/4/2008 | 5 | Osteoarthritis, fibromyalgia pain | None I know of, but I take a lot of different meds and have some stomach problems already, plus other things. | It completely takes away my debilitating pain so well . I pray it doesn;t cause me to have a stroke or heart attack or some organ failure. EEK! I also take baby aspirin. Hope this helps. I only take one when I need and only for like 2 days. (200mg) I do notice insomnia and anxiety. But I take valium and have for years so I,m not sure it is the celebrex. So far it has made life manageable. | F | 54 | 1 years | 2/1/2008 | 1 | pain in Left shoulder and Left knee | Extreme nightmares, stress, and anxiety. | Sooooo not worth it!!!!!!! | F | 42 | 1 days | 1/28/2008 | 2 | hip/knee pain | itchy skin, the shakes, severe nausea, and shortness of breath | im still taking the drug cause my doc said to take the rest to see if the feelings go away because i only been taking them a short time. not sure wt i should do at this point. | F | 21 | 6 days | 1/16/2008 | 1 | "golfer's elbow" | Death, this drug in some causes blood platelets to stick together, mine formed and traveled to heart causing a Mycrocardial infraction / tear in an artery. | Vioxx was pulled and how is Celebrex different? *Beside who owns them) Both of drugs are co2 inhibitors cause blood platelets to get sticky, resulting in greatly inflated heart attacks and strokes. Try other options. | M | 58 | 2 weeks | 12/19/2007 | 2 | arthritis/bursitus | major mood swings and anxiety,paranoa | It helped me sleep but wrecked me socially, I just wanted to stay in bed all the time | F | 39 | 1 years | 12/18/2007 | 1 | Arthritis | I took this medication before and within 4 days of starting it suffered a mini-stroke. Not sure of where the clot came from and desperate for pain relief tried it again 6 months later, and once again within a week had another mini-stroke. With no prior history to strokes or heart problems and with a healthy beating heart, Celebrex was the only thing that changed in either situation. | F | 63 | 5 days | 12/18/2007 | 2 | LOWER BACK AND HIP PAIN | THIS MED HELPS A BIT, BUT I REALLY THINK IT COULD BE BETTER | M | 48 | 1 months | 12/15/2007 | 1 | RA | Generalized adema-my hands were so swollen I could not hold a pen or pump gas (this was not joint inflamation like I get from the RA) | My knees worked while I was on this drug. Which was the first time in two years that they worked. However I was more disabled when on the drug because of the generalized adema in my hands and feet. I hated all of the coxx 2 s and begged to be put back on Sulindac on which I had no side effects and much better relief of the systemic symptoms of RA. | F | 36 | 30 days | 12/8/2007 | 5 | back pain | None | I have liver probs and am wary of taking the drug for more than 1 week at a time. But it is thE ONLY pain relief I ever got from meds. | F | 49 | 2 days | 11/18/2007 | 5 | heel spur/foot pain | constipation, but definately worth it | F | 45 | 5 days | 11/15/2007 | 3 | arthritis, other joint pain | didn't notice it at the time but I did have weight gain, fluid retention and flatulence | biggest problem was when I stopped taking it suddenly following surgery--terrible withdrawal syndrome: chills, total body ache, horrendous fatigue, worsened joint/arthritis pain; reversed immediately with 1 dose of Celebrex--now just want to get off it; can't find any reference to this problem on line | M | 56 | 2 years | 11/14/2007 | 1 | lower back pain - arthitis | severe shortness of breath causing ER visit. | Shortness of breath started within a day of taking celebrex. My back pain was being relieved but the shortness of breath got worse and worse. | F | 44 | 5 days | 11/4/2007 |