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Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic, inflammatory, multisystem, autoimmune disorder. It is a disabling and painful condition which can lead to substantial loss of mobility due to pain and joint destruction. The disease is also systemic in that it often also affects many extra-articular tissues throughout the body including the skin, blood vessels, heart, lungs, and...

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Celebrex Plus Medrol Dose Pack

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Hi! I'm a new member here. I just joined today. I have RA and am in a flare right now. I forgot to ask my doctor if I could take my Celebrex along with my newly prescribed Medrol 4mg dose pack. The medrol is a step down dosage.

Do you know if I can take the two together? I did not take my Celebrex today and I am in a lot of pain right now. Oh I hope I can take it. I appreciate your answer.

T
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deleted_user
Hi T and welcome to the group. I am taking Celebrex 200mg each day and continued them through 2 seperate step-down courses of Medrol. I didn't notice any ill-effects from taking the two in tandem with each other; but just to be on the safe-side, ring your Dr and just check. Chances are he wants you to continue on the Celebrex at the same time.

I hope the Medrol gives you good relief too. All the best and look forward to "seeing you around". Cheers
Bistro
Bistro
Early on, I took both together. A dose pak got me through the worst of it, then it all came back in a few weeks. Celebrex didn't help me at all.

Good luck with that!!
deleted_user
deleted_user
Thank you for the nice Welcome. ;) I did call my doctor and he said it's okay for me to take them together. I sure am glad because I felt so bad yesterday without the celebrex I took it anyway. The medrol is beginning to kick in now. I feel a lot better today. My foot is feeling much much better.
Bistro I'm sorry you didn't have good luck with Celebrex. Turns out it's the only NSAID that my stomach will tolerate. We tried them all and I just couldn't tolerate any till Celebrex came on line.
Linda
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