CELEBREX Reviews (CELECOXIB)Average Rating: 2.7 (386 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare CELEBREX with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR CELEBREX | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | Lower back pain | Mild bloated feeling for first two days. On third day mixed it with 4 units of alcohol - woke up with quite severe stomach pain and bloated feeling | For the pain quite effective | M | 46 | 3 days 200 mg 1X day | 3/10/2010 | 1 | Shoulder pain | Racing Heart, can't sleep, up all night. | M | 54 | 1 days 200mg 1X day | 3/4/2010 | 2 | Fibromyalgia | Irritability, tiredness, intense and all-night dreaming, hard to get to sleep, hasn't really helped with my pain | I react very quickly to medications. Most docs don't believe me until they get a call telling them what my reactions have been in such a short time. I've been on two other medications: Lyrica (broke out in two rashes within the first two days of taking it) and Voltaren (extreme upset stomach to the point I couldn't eat or drink only after three days). So doc's trying me on Celebrex. I've noticed right away that I'm very moody with my family and pets. I don't get angry that often so when I do get irritable, I think back to what was new. I've also had very real and intense dreams. So much so that I wake up feeling tired and rung out. (My husband was worried this morning because I quit breathing a few times longer than 10 seconds. That's definitely worrisome.) I have trouble getting to sleep as it is and this makes it worse. I take two 3mg tablets of Melatonin a night which work very well. But since starting the Celebrex, I can't seem to get a good night's rest. I'm not sure if I want to continue. I'm going to go off of it for a few days and see if that relieves my symptoms. If it does, off the med I go. I will not live in misery for anyone. Doc's not going to be happy with me. Oh well, my body, not his. | F | 47 | 5 days 200 mg 1X day | 2/19/2010 | 1 | Hip flexor tendinitis | Heart palpitations, increase in blood pressure | Both my general practitioner and (my new) cardiologist have basically pooh-poohed my supposition that Celebrex is the cause of my heart palpitations because it's not a common side effect. Wish I had referenced this board PRIOR to taking Celebrex. I would have stuck with my tried and true Advil. Started on a blood pressure medication yesterday that already seems to be helping. In my opinion, I think Celebrex needs to do a recount on the possibility of heart palpitations as a side efect. | F | 49 | 30 days 200 1X day | 2/12/2010 | 5 | fibromyalgia | none that I know of | I suffered from horrific pain for over 20 years/ started taking celebrex...literally changed my life with a 90% reduction on pain. Unfortunately, my HMO will not cover it (claims advil is just as effective for most people) so I have to go out of network for the script and order the meds from a Canadian pharmacy. I am willing to assume the risk of complications in exchange for the pain reduction as I have not found any med to be even half as effective. I worked with my OON doc for almost 3 years to find other alternatives to pain relief/ nothing came close to celebrex (or its generic counterpart) for me. My HMO makes me feel like a drug seeker by their refusal to prescribe/cover celebrex :( | F | 49 | 5 years 200mg 1X day | 2/6/2010 | 5 | rheumatoid arthritis | acid reflux and stomach irritation in general | I was diagnosed with RA in 1991. My life came to a virtual standstill shrouded in excrutiating pain. I tried all of the nsaids, with no relief. Prednisone was my only relief (you want some side effects, take take stuff for 11 or 12 years). I began taking Celebrex when it first came on the market and it worked wonderfully. I was taken off the med for two weeks to check liver enzyme elevation and the RA pain returned with a vengance. Everything is a trade off. No pain/potential death. I've been able to live a very active life for many years thanks to Celebrex and Enbrel (another "dangerous" drug). I believe it to be a fair trade off. | M | 61 | 9 years | 2/3/2010 | 1 | Neck pain whiplash injury | Took one 200mg dose with a meal in early afternoon. Had diarrhea through the next day. Discontinued use. | M | 44 | 1 days | 1/27/2010 | 5 | knee arthritis | Took Celebrex for a month and got relief finally after trying OTC(Aleve etc) Towards the end of the 30 days I did begin to feel mild stomach upset but it was fleeting. I had more intense dreams while I was taking it as well. I have been off it for a about a week and if my knee arthritis flares up again, I will ask my doctor for more.The intense dreams have stopped so I really think it was the Celebrex. I would not want to take this for more than a month at a time but my pain was not as bad as some others. | F | 56 | 30 days | 1/20/2010 | 5 | Three ruptured discs L3-L4-L5 | None that I am aware of. | I prefer celebrex! I took other NSAIDs and they simply didn't share the same pain reduction power of celebrex. I had no side effects. | M | 24 | 1 years | 1/17/2010 | 1 | bulging discs in neck C-4,5,6,7 | Anxiety, lethergy, severe daily headache started in the back and then would move to the forehaead. Nothing helped them. These were every day about an hour or two after taking the celebrex. Also had severe itching of hands and feet. Muscle spasms in back and neck. Had a few episodes of heart palpitations. Nausea and a couple episodes of all night vomiting. Yeah, that's fun..It took a while to actually figure out that it was the celbrex. I just could not believe a medication used to treat pain and swelling would cause headaches, and muscle spasms. | I have bulging discs with nerve root entrapment in C 4, 5, 6 and 7. I was told I needed surgery, but am trying to do PT, traction and medication. I would not reccommend Celebrex. I am going to stick with advil.. | F | 46 | 4 weeks | 1/15/2010 | 3 | Disc buldging & joint inflammation | Severe stomach cramping and diahreah for the first 2-3 days. Helps with pain about 50%. | F | 25 | 2 weeks | 12/17/2009 | 2 | Neck, shoulder, leg and foot pain | I've been taking it for 7 days now and I can't say that it's done much to ease my pain any more than bedrest...as a matter of fact, I think the Voltaren gel I was given is much more effective (but not practical). But I've been feeling off, disconnected, disinterested in others and sometimes, irrationally angry. I also take meds for high blood pressure (told my doc) and I haven't checked my bp since starting, but I have noticed a few occasions where I was either light-headed or having that heart fluttering feeling that largely went away when I went on the micardis. I've never experienced side effects from a medication before and I'm not allergic to anything medically, but I do have a high tolerance and quick metabolization rate for pain meds (I take 4 ibuprofen for the mildest pain relief, the only thing that will kill pain for more than 3 consecutive doses at the expected pacing is 5-10mg of percocet--vicodin, tramadol, and oxy do very little. Looks like this stuff falls in the sam | I will continue to take this stuff for the initial 30 days prescribed just to show due diligence, but it's pretty weak and not worth a permanently salty mood for the weak pain relief and possible bp conflicts. | F | 33 | 7 days | 12/14/2009 | 4 | Chronic pain & inflammation | Very mild stomach discomfort at times but in general, very tolerable. | I found this to work better then Aleve, Advil or motrin for inflammation and much easier overall to tolerate for long term use. Discontinued due to addition of Lupus diagnosis and switch to Savella. | F | 37 | 3 years | 12/11/2009 | 5 | Knee Injury | None | I’ve been taking Celebrex for 10+ years with no side effects but GREAT pain relief. I’ve tried going off it on a number of occasions but with return of debilitating pain in my knee. As soon as I started taking it again the paid disappeared. I’ve read all the literature about the risks, but as long as the Celebrex keeps me from getting an eventual knee replacement and I have no life threatening side effects, I will continue taking it. | M | 60 | 10 years | 12/1/2009 | 1 | Cramps | I only took one and the pain relief was immediate but the way it made me feel scared the life out of me. I felt like I could not function, was overly tired and sleepy. I was at work and could not type anymore and I slurred my words. It was very scary and I vowed to never take it again. My cramps are very painful but now I take a Vicodin instead, a narcotic that works and doesn't make me feel crazy and tired. That is pretty sad that a drug rated as a narcotic can be less scary to take than an NSAID. | Do not take it. Try older pain meds first and insist on something that has been around for years. | F | 32 | 1 days | 11/23/2009 | 2 | Back pains | Good, but not great pain relief. | Super Curcumin is just as potent for me and helps with joint mobility as well, which Celebrex doesn't. I'm sticking with the more absorbable versions of curcumin. | F | 45 | 4 days | 11/20/2009 | 4 | low back and neck pain | Some headache, occasional hot flashes, Stomach upset. M.D. prescribed it to be taken with Zantac. Feel like I'm medicated. | First time that back pain was gone!, Couldn't believe it. Didn't seem to work on sciatic leg pain though. But, will hesitate to take ongoing, long term because of side effects.Will take as needed if/when pain returns. | F | 60 | 21 days | 11/6/2009 | 2 | osteoarthritis - neck & headaches | None at first, then developed depression, bad insomnia, had a couple anxiety attacks, followed by high-blood pressure, and kidney failure. Broken leg 4 months after stopping Celebrex and doctor found "soft" bone tissue during surgery. Vitamin levels were okay and he made reference could have been caused by Celebrex when vitamin levels checked out. | Doctor kept close taps on me with blood draws every 3 months for the 5+ years I was on Celebrex. All my side-effects developed over time and compounded until I almost died 2x. Off for 7 months now I wish I could get rid of all the other things it caused. | F | 37 | 5 years | 11/6/2009 | 1 | knee pain | Hot flashes, shortness of breath, tingling in arms and legs, heart racing | It would suggest trying another drug than this. I took it for one day and woke up thinking I was having a heart attack. I am fairly young and in decent health other than knee pain from a knee surgery. I would be very afraid for somepne who may have comprimised health to take this medicine as they might require an ER trip or worse because of this stuff. | F | 31 | 1 days | 11/4/2009 | 4 | back pain, slipped disc | I do not have any...maybe a slight headach. | I do not like to take these type of drugs because of the risk of heart attack and stroke but Celebres does take away the sharp pain in my lower back that makes it hard to bend over. I have also used Naproxin and Mobic. Naproxin works just as good for me but makes me bruise easily. Mobic needs time to build up in my system before it works. I was on Mobic for a few months and found that after a while it stopped working. i try to monitor the amount of this type of drug I take. I will take it when I have something special to do, like a vacation or play golf...etc. | F | 61 | 2 weeks | 11/3/2009 |