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Celebrex!
I had a rheumy appointment 10 days or so ago, and she introduced us. Our first date was at bedtime that night. It was amazing. I stayed asleep. Rolling over onto my shoulder or hip didn't wake me. I got out of bed the next morning and could walk upright, like a regular homo sapiens and not some type of Neanderthal. This guy's good!
Then, of course, the problems started. My endocrinologist, a wise and wonderful man, says I shouldn't see this guy daily. Bad for the kidneys and all. If I skip a day, though I miss him somethin' awful, and wake up feeling busted flat in Baton Rouge, like I spent the night sleeping in the gutter in the rain with an empty of Southern Comfort for a pillow. Although he promised not to, he does give me a bit of a stomach ache unless I take something else to head that off.
What do I do? Stick with this guy until I just can't take it anymore? See him sparingly? It's the classic, where I had no idea how much pain I'm actually living with until it's gone for a few days. My life is overly stressful at the moment with job problems, which causes money problems, blah blah blah. Nice to feel so much better, but kidney damage and bleeding ulcers really aren't on my short-list of things to accomplish this winter.
I've never taken anything that worked half as well as celecoxib, but I feel like it's covering problems up rather than actually addressing them
I had a rheumy appointment 10 days or so ago, and she introduced us. Our first date was at bedtime that night. It was amazing. I stayed asleep. Rolling over onto my shoulder or hip didn't wake me. I got out of bed the next morning and could walk upright, like a regular homo sapiens and not some type of Neanderthal. This guy's good!
Then, of course, the problems started. My endocrinologist, a wise and wonderful man, says I shouldn't see this guy daily. Bad for the kidneys and all. If I skip a day, though I miss him somethin' awful, and wake up feeling busted flat in Baton Rouge, like I spent the night sleeping in the gutter in the rain with an empty of Southern Comfort for a pillow. Although he promised not to, he does give me a bit of a stomach ache unless I take something else to head that off.
What do I do? Stick with this guy until I just can't take it anymore? See him sparingly? It's the classic, where I had no idea how much pain I'm actually living with until it's gone for a few days. My life is overly stressful at the moment with job problems, which causes money problems, blah blah blah. Nice to feel so much better, but kidney damage and bleeding ulcers really aren't on my short-list of things to accomplish this winter.
I've never taken anything that worked half as well as celecoxib, but I feel like it's covering problems up rather than actually addressing them
There is nothing like finding something that works, then realizing all the harm that it does! This is happening to me with anything that works. Of course, no side effects on things that don't work.
I would be careful of Celebrex. It was taken off the market in the early 2000's, because they neglected to release a bunch of important side effect results.- like the fact that it actually can cause heart problems. Of course, with any NSAID you are going to get kidney issues, but these COX-2 inhibitors are even worse.
So, this is a bad boy, for sure. I don't know what to say about whether to dump the guy, or just use him sparingly. Let us know what you decided to do.
I take it occasionally, the orthopedists that I see prefer it over prednasone, which is also should be taken short term. I just got a new prescription from my rheumatologist - 30 pills, 100 mgs - renewable twice, which I asked for, and should hold me for a year. It isn't going to cause me to put on weight, have a moon face, or thin my already osteopenia bones.
The way I look at it is Aleve, Advil, Tylenol, aspirin, prednasone etc - none of these are great so my "poison" of choice is Celecoxib/ Celebrex.
i have no idea what to tell you. i'm at the point where i'd do almost anything for like a week without pain so i could catch up on life. is it something you think you could take on really bad days/days you have a lot to get done/weekends? how long-term do you have to take it before it causes bad problems?
and i agree with 2left - isn't like half of what we take just covering up problems, treating the symptoms not the disease? like i said, i'm at the point where idgaf, maybe i'm not the best to ask ;)
Just cheat with Celebrex seeing him one or two days a week. :)
If you read up on it, that will probably be ok.
you must have more than one bad boyfriend (you are such a trendsetter) aren't you keeping company with prednisone which is the same masker of symptoms and chewer up of organs and other great functions in the body? - did you start leaving that boyfriend behind when you took up with this one?
it could be you are supposed to ditch the whole lot of them and start out fresh and new with an entirely new type (biologic I mean)
depot
I do not think I have ever taken it for more than 7 days at one time, and I know - since I save it for when I really really hurt - that there have been weeks where I have not taken it.
Smiles
Bluedogs2
That was when I got on my first biologic, and had a really good run. Now, if they would just find another drug that works to actually stop my symptoms I would be very happy. Instead, I just keep going back to prednisone.
In theory, I am allergic now to all NSAIDS. I can get away with taking them for a short time, but I wouldn't want to make it my main bridging drug, or I might go back to the severe allergic reactions.
I am still keeping company with prednisone, Depot, but only 2.5 mg/day (most days, sometimes more). My last bone density test showed no loss in three years, so screw it, the pred stays.
From what my totally excellent rheum doc says, my current biologic, Orencia, won't help axial problems, which are my current nemesis. We're waiting for FDA approval of the newest biologic, Cosentyx. It's being used for psoriasis, but doesn't have approval quite yet for PsA. Another suggestion was to add Otezla to the mix, but it's $4k a month, and my insurance company wasn't too psyched about that.
2leftfeet, the full price of a bottle of the generic was, I believe, $387 for 60 tablets. Even though my part was only $10, the price does give me pause.
What is it I keep telling other people? Oh yeah, "Welcome to The Land of No Good Choices."
In those cases it's not covering up as much as treating while playing the waiting game.
Never made it passed the first date with the big C.
Although know of many others that do just peachy.
Just got some samples of Duexis from my doc. IB with something for the stomach rolled into one.
I'd love to ditch them all but it's rare to keep this mess of a body under control. Scares the kajeebies out of me just thinking of no anti inflammatories.
I think in your case I'd save it for those days you've had enough & can't take the pain game. Better safe then sorry at least it may remain an option.
My 2cents.
Sammy
A new Tee=shirt -----> I have kajeebies
Make mine in "fat boy" size
I love it ------ kajeebies
Will us on one of my overseas e-mails
Probably start a new pandemic
Many Thanks for the word
Be well
Bluedogs2
I endeavor to broaden my vocabulary. Even if it's influenced by my 3 yr old grandson.
Appears i have an ever growing list so why not add the kajeebies? Heck I'm going to need another page attached to list them all.
Thinking with a word like kajeebies I'd fit right into Hickville, don't cha think?
Sammy
Peace
Bluedogs2