Guest guest Posted January 24, 2008 Report Share Posted January 24, 2008 I have been on both and I feel Lodine controls my pain MUCH better than Relafen. Actually, the Relefan hardly touched my pain. A word of wisdom...if you do any urine tests while taking Lodine please be sure to tell your doctor who is running the test. Lodine can give false positive bilirubin urine results. It scared the heck out of me when I saw the results before the doctorhad time to explain. My liver is fine BTW, just the false positive. Shandi karpeidm <bschnellenberger@...> wrote: Good Day Good Folks... I am two months diagnosed by my GP with EBV and RA and am trying to keep positive but somedays it's difficult..at least has a forum to vent..... I'm waiting 3 months to see a rheumatologist and infectious disease doctor. During the interim GP gave me two prescriptions to choose to take until I see a rhuemy when the Celebrex samples run out...which is in 3 days. One is Relafen and the other is Lodine. I could hardly get out of bed this morning and the needle pricks at night and lesions on my breats and pain are just so much worse at night. Has anyone been on either of these meds with any success? I need to try something before I get to see a specialist. Or is it a tossup. From what I have read so far...they both are about the same but don't know why he wrote two scripts? Thanks for your help. Betts --------------------------------- Never miss a thing. Make your homepage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 24, 2008 Report Share Posted January 24, 2008 Thanks Shandi... I am going to try to request a script for Celebrex until I see the rheumy. I have been tolerating it okay and with the Alleve....4xday...I will somehow manage until then. Every new med always carries that potential for the side effects they list in their literature. Some days are just better than others....I will celebrate the good ones Thanks again. Betts in VA Re: [ ] Relafen or Lodine???? I have been on both and I feel Lodine controls my pain MUCH better than Relafen. Actually, the Relefan hardly touched my pain. A word of wisdom...if you do any urine tests while taking Lodine please be sure to tell your doctor who is running the test. Lodine can give false positive bilirubin urine results. It scared the heck out of me when I saw the results before the doctorhad time to explain. My liver is fine BTW, just the false positive. Shandi karpeidm <bschnellenberger> wrote: Good Day Good Folks... I am two months diagnosed by my GP with EBV and RA and am trying to keep positive but somedays it's difficult..at least has a forum to vent..... I'm waiting 3 months to see a rheumatologist and infectious disease doctor. During the interim GP gave me two prescriptions to choose to take until I see a rhuemy when the Celebrex samples run out...which is in 3 days. One is Relafen and the other is Lodine. I could hardly get out of bed this morning and the needle pricks at night and lesions on my breats and pain are just so much worse at night. Has anyone been on either of these meds with any success? I need to try something before I get to see a specialist. Or is it a tossup. From what I have read so far...they both are about the same but don't know why he wrote two scripts? Thanks for your help. Betts ------------ --------- --------- --- Never miss a thing. Make your homepage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 24, 2008 Report Share Posted January 24, 2008 Hi Betts, I took a ton of Lodine when I was first symptomatic. I can't remember the dose, but it was more than the standard amount. I found it helpful, but it does take a few days to kick in and I used Tylenol at the same time for pain. I later switched to Vioxx and Celebrex and I found they all worked pretty much the same. It seemed to help to set an early alarm and take the Tylenol while I still had an hour in bed. That way when it was time to get up, the Tylenol helped a bit. Feel better, Kate F [ ] Relafen or Lodine???? Good Day Good Folks... I am two months diagnosed by my GP with EBV and RA and am trying to keep positive but somedays it's difficult..at least has a forum to vent..... I'm waiting 3 months to see a rheumatologist and infectious disease doctor. During the interim GP gave me two prescriptions to choose to take until I see a rhuemy when the Celebrex samples run out...which is in 3 days. One is Relafen and the other is Lodine. I could hardly get out of bed this morning and the needle pricks at night and lesions on my breats and pain are just so much worse at night. Has anyone been on either of these meds with any success? I need to try something before I get to see a specialist. Or is it a tossup. From what I have read so far...they both are about the same but don't know why he wrote two scripts? Thanks for your help. Betts ________________________________________________________________________________\ ____ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile./;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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